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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 15, 2022Lake County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2022, 7:35 PM EDT for Lake County, Florida. It was in force for 25 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: Mar 15, 2022, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Lake County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 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

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 109 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 823 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

213 
WFUS52 KMLB 152335
TORMLB
FLC069-160000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0002.220315T2335Z-220316T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
735 PM EDT Tue Mar 15 2022

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Lake County in east central Florida...

* Until 800 PM EDT.
    
* At 733 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Groveland, 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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Groveland around 750 PM EDT.
  Clermont around 800 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Minneola.

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 2853 8195 2872 8176 2857 8165 2857 8166
      2853 8166 2842 8195 2843 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 229DEG 17KT 2849 8188 

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

$$

Leahy

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Lake	52 min
Mar 15, 7:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Lake, Orange	35 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.