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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 6, 2024Martin County, Saint Lucie County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 6, 2024, 2:10 PM EST for Martin County, Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 21 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jan 6, 2024, 2:10 PM EST (19:10 UTC)
Expired: Jan 6, 2024, 2:31 PM EST
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Martin County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 6, 2:25 PM EST	FUNNEL CLOUD	5 Ssw Port Saint Lucie, FL	Off-duty NWS Employee was near I-95 and SW Becker Road in southeast St. Lucie County, and had observed a brief funnel cloud toward the southeast, but funnel cloud had since dissipated.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 252 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 291 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

911 
WFUS52 KMLB 061910
TORMLB
FLC085-111-061945-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0001.240106T1910Z-240106T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
210 PM EST Sat Jan 6 2024

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern St. Lucie County in east central Florida...
  Central Martin County in east central Florida...

* Until 245 PM EST.
    
* At 210 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Indiantown, moving east at 30 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...
  Stuart and Palm City around 220 PM EST.
  Jensen Beach, Port Salerno, and Sewall's Point around 230 PM EST.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Rio.

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 2706 8050 2716 8052 2732 8018 2719 8013
      2710 8010
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 250DEG 28KT 2712 8046 

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

$$

Schaper

2 follow-up statements

398 
WWUS52 KMLB 061924
SVSMLB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
224 PM EST Sat Jan 6 2024

FLC085-111-061945-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-240106T1945Z/
St. Lucie FL-Martin FL-
224 PM EST Sat Jan 6 2024

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LUCIE AND NORTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTIES...
    
At 224 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Palm City, moving east at 30 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...
  Stuart, Palm City, and Jensen Beach around 230 PM EST.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Rio.

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 2713 8039 2721 8042 2732 8018 2728 8017
      2718 8013
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 250DEG 28KT 2716 8034 

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

$$

Schaper

441 
WWUS52 KMLB 061931
SVSMLB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
231 PM EST Sat Jan 6 2024

FLC085-111-061940-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-240106T1945Z/
St. Lucie FL-Martin FL-
231 PM EST Sat Jan 6 2024

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ST. LUCIE AND NORTHEASTERN
MARTIN COUNTIES 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.

LAT...LON 2713 8039 2721 8042 2732 8018 2728 8017
      2718 8013
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 250DEG 28KT 2718 8028 

$$

Schaper

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 6, 2:07 AM EST	Gale Warning	MLB		14 hr
Jan 6, 2:07 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MLB		20 hr
Jan 6, 12:30 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		30 min
Jan 6, 1:54 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Martin	36 min
Jan 6, 2:16 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		20 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.