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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Miami, FL

June 25, 1987Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 1987, 7:59 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 1987, 7:59 PM EDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1987, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
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 12:00Z, 12.0 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 12:00Z on 1987-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2540 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 1987-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2540 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
672 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMIA 252359
TORMIA
FLC011-025-260200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
759 PM EDT THU JUN 25 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
          ...BROWARD...NORTHERN DADE
 
AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS.
 
AT 745 PM EDT A TORNADO WAS SIGHTED ON THE GROUND BRIEFLY IN A COW PAS
IN SOUTH BROWARD COUNTY. SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED EARLIER.T
FUNNEL CLOUDS AND THE TORNADO WERE ASSOCIATED WITH A CLUSTER OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH BROWARD AND NORTH DADE COUNTIES. THE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 10 TO 15 MPH AND
SHOULD MOVE OVER THE ADJACENT COASTA WATERS WITHIN THE HOUR.
 
 
IF YOUR ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO..THE SAFEST PLACE IS UNDER A
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.  DEADLY
LIGHTNING..HAIL..AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN THIS STORM.
 
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR.
 
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.
1 follow-up statement
000 
TTAA00 KMIA 260018 COR
TORMIA
FLC011-025-260200-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
759 PM EDT THU JUN 25 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
          ...BROWARD...NORTHERN DADE

AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS.

AT 745 PM EDT A TORNADO WAS SIGHTED ON THE GROUND BRIEFLY IN A COW
PASTURE IN SOUTH BROWARD COUNTY. SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED
EARLIER. THE FUNNEL CLOUDS AND THE TORNADO WERE ASSOCIATED WITH A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH BROWARD AND NORTH DADE
COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST 10 TO 15
MPH AND SHOULD MOVE OVER THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS WITHIN THE HOUR.

IF YOUR ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO..THE SAFEST PLACE IS UNDER A
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.  DEADLY
LIGHTNING..HAIL..AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN THIS STORM.

BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR.

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.

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.