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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Miami, FL

April 13, 1986Monroe County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 1986, 7:00 AM EST for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 1986, 7:00 AM EST (12:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 1986, 9:00 AM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, FL

The radar

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 13, 7:18 AM ESTThunderstorm Wind 55Monroe, FL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 1986-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1329 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Key West, FL at 12:00Z on 1986-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
1329 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.