National Weather Service confirms tornado touches down in Melbourne

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Weather services confirmed that an EF-0 tornado touched down in the in Ixora Park neighborhood in Melbourne.

10:30 p.m. Update:

MWSMelbourne said the tornado was on the ground for approximately three minutes.

Other areas of Melbourne reported damage from heavy winds.

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Expect scattered afternoon storms each day this week as the summer pattern rolls on.

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Conditions will be hot and humid, with temperatures in the low to middle 90s.

Certified meteorologist Brian Shields is in Severe Weather Center 9, tracking storms moving into the metro now.

Watch his updated forecast on Channel 9 Eyewitness News, beginning at 4 p.m.

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Meanwhile in the tropics, activity continues to bubble up.

Shields said an area in the Western Caribbean will stay south and slide toward Belize and Mexico.

He said some development is possible, but it poses no threat to Florida.

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“The other area in the Atlantic will develop and move toward the Caribbean as a tropical storm,” Shields said. “As far as long term prospects go, it’s too early to tell. But it needs to be watched. There is a chance it could develop further into a hurricane in the Caribbean.”

He said activity is busy for this time of year, saying that the current weather pattern is more similar to that of August than late June.

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Shields will have more updates on the tropics live on Channel 9.

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