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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Melbourne, FL

April 1, 2022Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 1, 2022, 8:31 AM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 14 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 1, 2022, 8:31 AM EDT (12:31 UTC)
Expired: Apr 1, 2022, 8:45 AM EDT
In force: 14 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), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 20 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: 535 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 8.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

190 
WFUS52 KMLB 011231
TORMLB
FLC009-011245-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0010.220401T1231Z-220401T1245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
831 AM EDT Fri Apr 1 2022

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a

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

* Until 845 AM EDT.
    
* At 830 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Cocoa Beach, moving northeast at 20 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  central Brevard County.

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 2829 8057 2828 8064 2833 8065 2835 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 1230Z 246DEG 16KT 2832 8062 

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

$$

Weitlich

1 follow-up statement

962 
WWUS52 KMLB 011242
SVSMLB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
842 AM EDT Fri Apr 1 2022

FLC009-011252-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-220401T1245Z/
Brevard FL-
842 AM EDT Fri Apr 1 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 845
AM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.  However heavy rain is still possible with this
thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 2829 8057 2828 8064 2833 8065 2835 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 1242Z 246DEG 16KT 2834 8057 

$$

Weitlich

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 1, 4:07 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia	3 hr
Apr 1, 7:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard, Osceola	38 min
Apr 1, 7:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	62 min
Apr 1, 8:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	65 min
Apr 1, 8:28 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		62 min
Apr 1, 9:06 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Brevard, Osceola	84 min
Apr 1, 9:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MLB	Brevard	93 min
Apr 1, 10:06 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Osceola	84 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.