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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Miami, FL

July 14, 1987Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 1987, 2:40 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 65 min. 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
Jul 14, 1987, 2:40 PM EDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1987, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
65 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 14, 3:15 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 55Broward, 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, 6.7 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 1987-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 689 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1987-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
689 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 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 141840
TORMIA
FLC011-141945-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
240 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
          ...SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED AT SOUTHGATE BLVD AND UNIVERSITY DR IN TAMARAC
AT 230 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON.
 
 
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.
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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
Jul 14, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward63 min
Jul 14, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLMiami-Dade64 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.