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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 9, 2024Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 9, 2024, 6:04 PM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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: Jan 9, 2024, 6:04 PM EST (23:04 UTC)
Expired: Jan 9, 2024, 6:30 PM EST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 9, 1:15 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 82 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: 188 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 306 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 521 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 1.5

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The text

As transmitted.

865 
WFUS52 KMLB 092304
TORMLB
FLC127-092330-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0004.240109T2304Z-240109T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
604 PM EST Tue Jan 9 2024

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Volusia County in east central Florida...

* Until 630 PM EST.
    
* At 603 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Port Orange, moving northeast at 55 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
  east central Volusia County, including the following locations...
  Wilbur By The Sea.

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 2909 8090 2904 8086 2899 8098 2915 8107
      2921 8096
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 243DEG 47KT 2911 8095 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 9, 3:02 AM EST	Beach Hazards Statement	MLB	Brevard, Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie, Volusia	16 hr
Jan 9, 3:02 AM EST	High Surf Advisory	MLB	Brevard, Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie, Volusia	16 hr
Jan 9, 4:34 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Lake	26 min
Jan 9, 4:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Lake, Orange, Volusia	44 min
Jan 9, 4:57 PM EST	Tornado Warning	MLB	Volusia	18 min
Jan 9, 5:21 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia	39 min
Jan 9, 5:27 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		3 hr
Jan 9, 5:48 PM EST	Tornado Warning	MLB	Orange	27 min
Jan 9, 5:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia	50 min
Jan 9, 6:08 PM EST	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard, Orange, Seminole, Volusia	37 min
Jan 9, 6:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard, Orange, Seminole, Volusia	51 min
Jan 9, 6:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Osceola	47 min
Jan 9, 6:58 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		3 hr

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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.