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752 NOUS42 KMLB 182214 PNSMLB PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 612 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEYS FOR 04/14/13 TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EVENTS - UPDATE 1... .UPDATE...PREVIOUS STRAIGHT-LINE WIND EVENT IN COCOA HAS BEEN CHANGED TO A TORNADO. .OVERVIEW...SEVERAL DISCRETE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ALONG A BROKEN LINE OF CONVECTION SUNDAY EVENING...APRIL 14 2013. TWO SUPERCELLS EACH PRODUCED SINGLE SHORT-TRACK EF0 TORNADOES IN CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE IN SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY. .COCOA TORNADO... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70-80 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.33 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: APRIL 14 2013 START TIME: 8:42 PM EDT START LOCATION: 1 E COCOA / BREVARD COUNTY / FL START LAT/LON: 28.377147 / -80.738826 END DATE: APRIL 14 2013 END TIME: 8:43 PM EDT END LOCATION: 1 ENE COCOA / BREVARD COUNTY / FL END LAT/LON: 28.38136 / -80.73634 SURVEY SUMMARY: AN EF0 TORNADO WITH WINDS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 1 AND DIXON BOULEVARD IN COCOA AND TRAVELLED NORTHEAST TO THE INDIAN RIVER WHERE IT BECAME A WATERSPOUT. THE TORNADO PRODUCED MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS OF SEVERAL BUSINESSES ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 1...WITH POWER LINES ALSO DOWNED. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG DIXON BOULEVARD AND INDIAN RIVER DRIVE. .VIERA/ROCKLEDGE TORNADO... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75-85 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.55 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: APRIL 14 2013 START TIME: 911 PM EDT START LOCATION: 3 SSW ROCKLEDGE / BREVARD COUNTY / FL START LAT/LON: 28.272977 / -80.75067 END DATE: APRIL 14 2013 END TIME: 913 PM EDT END LOCATION: 3 SSW ROCKLEDGE / BREVARD COUNTY / FL END_LAT/LON: 28.271428 / -80.741765 SURVEY SUMMARY: A HIGH-END EF0 TORNADO WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AT 75 TO 85 MPH AFFECTED PRIMARILY THE CHAROLAIS ESTATES AND COLFAX LANDING SUBDIVISIONS IN VIERA/ROCKLEDGE. THE DAMAGE WAS EMBEDDED WITHIN A LARGER SWATH OF STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS WHICH AFFECTED AREAS EXTENDING FARTHER TO THE WEST AND EAST. NUMEROUS HOMES EXPERIENCED DAMAGE TO ROOF TILES AND SOFFITS. CONCRETE ROOF TILES WERE CARRIED DOWNSTREAM AND PENETRATED SEVERAL WINDOWS. OTHER METAL DEBRIS WAS CARRIED DOWNSTREAM AND A FENCE WAS BLOWN DOWN. NUMEROUS POOL SCREEN ENCLOSURES TOTALLY COLLAPSED. EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES. EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH .PALM BAY THUNDERSTORM WIND... PEAK WIND /ESTIMATED/: 60-70 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.1 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 35 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: APRIL 14 2013 START TIME: 1012 PM EDT START LOCATION: 5 SSW PALM BAY / BREVARD COUNTY / FL START LAT/LON: 27.911429 / -80.687928 END DATE: APRIL 14 2013 END TIME: 1012 PM EDT END LOCATION: 4 SSW PALM BAY / BREVARD COUNTY / FL END LAT/LON: 27.925867 / -80.680439 SURVEY SUMMARY: SEVERE STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60-70 MPH PRODUCED SPORADIC...LOCALIZED DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES IN SOUTHWEST PALM BAY. SHINGLE AND SOFFIT DAMAGE OCCURRED TO SEVERAL HOMES... MAINLY ON POMELLO AND FITZPATRICK AVENUES. SMALL OBJECTS WITHIN YARDS WERE BLOWN OVER. NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$ SPRATT