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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Melbourne, FL

April 20, 2020Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 2020, 11:59 AM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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
Apr 20, 2020, 11:59 AM EDT (15:59 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2020, 12:30 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 20, 7:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 29 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2020-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2398 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2020-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 224 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2398 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.0
Supercell composite
18.3

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The text

As transmitted.

163 
WFUS52 KMLB 201559
TORMLB
FLC009-201630-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0008.200420T1559Z-200420T1630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
1159 AM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  North central Brevard County in east central Florida...

* Until 1230 PM EDT.
    
* At 1159 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located near Lagrange, moving east at 40 mph.

  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...
  Playalinda Beach and Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge around 1210 PM 
  EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Lagrange.

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 2859 8084 2866 8086 2881 8070 2861 8055
      2858 8054
TIME...MOT...LOC 1559Z 263DEG 35KT 2864 8081 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 3:06 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia17 hr
Apr 20, 9:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia64 min
Apr 20, 10:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBLake, Volusia63 min
Apr 20, 10:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake43 min
Apr 20, 10:38 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB119 min
Apr 20, 10:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBLake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia63 min
Apr 20, 10:49 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBVolusia26 min
Apr 20, 11:06 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBLake, Orange, Seminole24 min
Apr 20, 11:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBSeminole, Volusia50 min
Apr 20, 11:13 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBVolusia32 min
Apr 20, 11:28 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBOrange, Seminole32 min
Apr 20, 11:32 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
Apr 20, 11:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard, Seminole, Volusia46 min
Apr 20, 11:48 AM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMLBBrevard, Seminole, Volusia42 min
Apr 20, 12:14 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard31 min
Apr 20, 12:16 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard29 min
Apr 20, 12:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola64 min
Apr 20, 1:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOsceola55 min
Apr 20, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard53 min
Apr 20, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB68 min
Apr 20, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola47 min
Apr 20, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOkeechobee58 min
Apr 20, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
Apr 20, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOkeechobee46 min
Apr 20, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin39 min
Apr 20, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBMartin, Saint Lucie33 min
Apr 20, 5:21 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBMartin24 min
Apr 20, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB49 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.