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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 15, 2024Martin County, Saint Lucie County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 15, 2024, 5:35 PM EST for Martin County, Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 25 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 15, 2024, 5:35 PM EST (22:35 UTC)
Expired: Jan 15, 2024, 6:00 PM EST
In force: 25 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), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 15, 5:37 PM EST	TORNADO	6 Ssw Port Saint Lucie, FL	Video received via social media of a second tornado on the ground west of I-95 near SW Becker Rd. Reports that the tornado crossed the highway.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 769 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

511 
WFUS52 KMLB 152235
TORMLB
FLC085-111-152300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0008.240115T2235Z-240115T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
535 PM EST Mon Jan 15 2024

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southern St. Lucie County in east central Florida...
  Northern Martin County in east central Florida...

* Until 600 PM EST.
    
* At 535 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Tradition, or near Port Saint Lucie, 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 540 PM EST.
  Port Salerno, Sewall's Point, and Witham Field around 550 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 2711 8059 2728 8060 2736 8020 2721 8013
      2712 8011 2712 8035
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 257DEG 26KT 2719 8039 

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

$$

Tollefsen

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KMLB 152249
SVSMLB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
549 PM EST Mon Jan 15 2024

FLC085-111-152300-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-240115T2300Z/
St. Lucie FL-Martin FL-
549 PM EST Mon Jan 15 2024

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LUCIE AND NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTIES...
    
At 548 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Port Saint Lucie, 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...
  Port Saint Lucie, Walton, and Stuart around 550 PM EST.
  Sewall's Point, Indian River Estates, and Nettles Island around 
  600 PM EST.
  Saint Lucie Nuclear Power Plant around 610 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 2714 8054 2728 8057 2736 8020 2719 8013
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 239DEG 18KT 2723 8035 

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

$$

Tollefsen

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 15, 11:50 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		55 min
Jan 15, 1:31 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	44 min
Jan 15, 2:03 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	27 min
Jan 15, 3:58 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Okeechobee	47 min
Jan 15, 4:34 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Martin, Saint Lucie	41 min
Jan 15, 5:03 PM EST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MLB	Martin, Saint Lucie	27 min
Jan 15, 5:06 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		54 min
Jan 15, 5:21 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Saint Lucie	39 min
Jan 15, 5:45 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		60 min
Jan 15, 5:57 PM EST	Tornado Warning	MLB	Martin, Saint Lucie	33 min
Jan 15, 5:59 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie	4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.