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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Miami, FL

March 14, 1986Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 1986, 2:51 PM EST for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 14, 1986, 2:51 PM EST (19:51 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 1986, 4:00 PM EST
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Broward County, FL

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 218 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Key West, FL at 12:00Z on 1986-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1480 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Key West, FL at 12:00Z on 1986-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1480 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
570 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMIA 141951
TORMIA
FLC011-142100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
251 PM EST FRI MAR 14 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO AND SPECIAL 
MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE 
FOLLOWING COUNTY OF

SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...EASTERN BROWARD
...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE
COUNTY JUST MENTIONED

 A TORNADO WAS REPORTED AT 242 PM EST NEAR DAVIE ROAD EXTENDSION
 AND GRIFFIN ROAD IN THE CITY OF DAVIE MOVING SOUTHEAST. A SECOND
 TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR COOPER CITY AT 247 PM EST.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY..ANgD YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 12:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades, Hendry69 min

Nearby

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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.