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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Miami, FL

March 26, 1986Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 1986, 11:02 PM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 103 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 1986, 11:02 PM EST (04:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 1986, 12:45 AM EST
In force
103 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade 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 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 00:00Z on 1986-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1986-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMIA 270402
TORMIA
FLC011-025-270500-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1102 PM EST WED MAR 26 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO AND SPECIAL 
MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE 
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...SOUTHERN BROWARD AND NORTHERN DADE
...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE
COUNTIES JUST MENTIONED

 A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN SOUHERN BROWARD COUNTY NEAR SUTTON
 ROAD AND HIGHWAY 441. RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA
 MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST ABUT 10 MPH.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY..AND 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 26, 9:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward55 min
Mar 26, 10:02 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLMiami-Dade103 min
Mar 26, 10:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade63 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Florida, 1986Every tornado warning in 1986Tornadoes in 1986

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.