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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Miami, FL

September 9, 1989Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 9, 1989, 6:19 PM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 9, 1989, 6:19 PM EDT (22:19 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 1989, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Collier 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 1989-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1306 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 1989-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 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
1306 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
956 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1 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 092220
TORMIA
FLC021-092245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
619 PM EDT SAT SEP 9 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING AND
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
          ...WESTERN COLLIER
 
AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN MARCO ISLAND AND BONITA SPRINGS.
 
 
AT 610 PM EDT COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS A FUNNEL CLOUD
IN NORTH NAPLES IN THE VICINITY OF PELICAN BAY. THIS FUNNEL CLOUD MAY
TOUCHDOWN AS A TORNADO.
 
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.