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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Miami, FL

June 19, 1990Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 1990, 2:47 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 1990, 2:47 PM EDT (18:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1990, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

County 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 1990-06-19Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1990-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1238 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 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 191850
TORMIA
FLC025-191945-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
247 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
 
   ...CENTRAL DADE COUNTY
 
A PILOT REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHING THE GROUND ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF
THE MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 240 PM EDT. THIS TORNADO WAS ALSO
SIGHTED BY WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
CORAL GABLES. RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WEST AND
CENTRAL DADE COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY EAST.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS UNDER
STURDY FURNITURE IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE
PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. A MOBILE HOME IS NOT A
SAFE REFUGE FROM A TORNADO. MOVE TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR VEHICLE TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. IF YOU ARE
CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE YOUR CAR AND GO TO A
STRONG BUILDING.
 
IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED...TAKE SHELTER...THEN ASK A LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORT 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.