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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 16, 2022Brevard County, Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 16, 2022, 12:03 AM EDT for Brevard County, Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 27 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 16, 2022, 12:03 AM EDT (04:03 UTC)
Expired: Mar 16, 2022, 12:30 AM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Brevard County, FL, Orange County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 49 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: 213 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

045 
WFUS52 KMLB 160403
TORMLB
FLC009-095-160430-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0008.220316T0403Z-220316T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
1203 AM EDT Wed Mar 16 2022

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Brevard County in east central Florida...
  East central Orange County in east central Florida...

* Until 1230 AM EDT.
    
* At 1202 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located over Christmas, moving northeast at 15 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
  northwestern Brevard and east central Orange Counties.

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.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 2860 8081 2849 8107 2857 8114 2861 8110
      2861 8097 2870 8097 2871 8094
TIME...MOT...LOC 0402Z 235DEG 13KT 2856 8103 

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, 8:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Orange	32 min
Mar 15, 8:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake	32 min
Mar 15, 9:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	25 min
Mar 15, 9:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	34 min
Mar 15, 10:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Orange, Osceola	16 min
Mar 15, 10:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Martin, Saint Lucie	40 min
Mar 15, 10:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Orange, Osceola	24 min
Mar 15, 10:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	30 min
Mar 15, 10:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Orange, Osceola	33 min
Mar 15, 11:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Orange	34 min
Mar 15, 11:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake	59 min
Mar 15, 11:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Orange	31 min
Mar 16, 12:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	38 min
Mar 16, 12:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Seminole	48 min
Mar 16, 12:32 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		88 min
Mar 16, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	48 min
Mar 16, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Osceola	60 min
Mar 16, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Martin	42 min
Mar 16, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Martin	44 min
Mar 16, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		58 min
Mar 16, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange, Seminole	40 min
Mar 16, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard, Osceola	66 min
Mar 16, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		114 min
Mar 16, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Seminole	40 min
Mar 16, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		53 min
Mar 16, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Volusia	34 min
Mar 16, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard, Indian River	36 min
Mar 16, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		64 min
Mar 16, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	33 min
Mar 16, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake	23 min
Mar 16, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie	32 min
Mar 16, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake, Seminole	49 min
Mar 16, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Mar 16, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia	45 min
Mar 16, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River, Saint Lucie	61 min
Mar 16, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Seminole, Volusia	49 min
Mar 16, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		66 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.