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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 22, 2020Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2020, 9:06 PM EDT for Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 11 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 22, 2020, 9:06 PM EDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2020, 9:17 PM EDT
In force: 11 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Orange County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 71 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1626 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1176 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

384 
WFUS52 KMLB 230106
TORMLB
FLC095-230130-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0026.200623T0106Z-200623T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
906 PM EDT Mon Jun 22 2020

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Orange County in east central Florida...

* Until 930 PM EDT.
    
* At 905 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a 
  tornado was located over Lake Hart, or near Narcoossee, and slowly 
  moving northeast.
  
  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Lake Hart and Lake Nona around 920 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile
home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and
protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 2835 8121 2835 8126 2844 8125 2843 8115
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 205DEG 4KT 2837 8124 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

KN

1 follow-up statement

303 
WWUS52 KMLB 230117
SVSMLB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
917 PM EDT Mon Jun 22 2020

FLC095-230126-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-200623T0130Z/
Orange FL-
917 PM EDT Mon Jun 22 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
central Orange County.

LAT...LON 2835 8121 2835 8126 2844 8125 2843 8115
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 205DEG 4KT 2841 8102 

$$

KN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 8:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Orange, Seminole	23 min
Jun 22, 8:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	33 min
Jun 22, 8:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	45 min
Jun 22, 8:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Orange	49 min
Jun 22, 9:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Orange	3 hr
Jun 22, 9:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard, Orange, Seminole	59 min
Jun 22, 9:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		65 min
Jun 22, 10:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	12 min
Jun 22, 10:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		67 min
Jun 23, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Flagler	48 min
Jun 23, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	37 min
Jun 23, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Jun 23, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	52 min
Jun 23, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	44 min
Jun 23, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	40 min
Jun 23, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		91 min
Jun 23, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Okeechobee	44 min
Jun 23, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	60 min
Jun 23, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	34 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.