Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 9, 1992, 11:51 AM EST for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 9, 1992, 11:51 AM EST (16:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 9, 1992, 12:30 PM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Miami-Dade County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 982 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMIA 091651 RRA TORMIA FLC025-091730- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1151 AM EST MON NOV 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA ...SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL DADE COUNTY... ...TORNADO REPORTED IN THE RICHMOND HEIGHTS AREA OF SOUTHWEST DADE... AT 1140 AM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED AT THE RICHMOND HEIGHTS COAST GUARD STATION IN SOUTHWESTERN DADE COUNTY. MINOR DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING SLOWLY WEST AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ZOO AND COUNTRY WALK AREAS OF SOUTHWEST DADE IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. 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. 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. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 9, 7:37 AM EST, 4 hours 14 minutes before
FLZ020-091345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 735 AM EST MON NOV 9 1992 ...HEAVY RAINS WERE OVER PARTS OF PALM BEACH AND MARTIN COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... AT 726 AM EST RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED ALONG THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA FROM FORT PIERCE TO HOLLYWOOD ACROSS THE GULF STREAM TO THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE NEAR HOBE SOUND AND OVER THE COASTAL WATERS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...ROUGH SEAS...GUSTY WINDS...REDUCED VISIBILITES AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS MAY BE ENCOUNTERED. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF PALM BEACH AND MARTIN COUNTIES AS WELL AS BOATERS OFFSHORE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE ALONG THE DADE COUNTY COAST AND NORTH OF ANDROS ISLAND. NNNN
Special weather statement, Nov 9, 8:42 AM EST, 3 hours 9 minutes before
FLZ020-091345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 835 AM EST MON NOV 9 1992 ...HEAVY RAINS WERE OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF PALM BEACH...MARTIN AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... AT 835 AM EST...THERE WAS A LARGE AREA OF RAIN MIXED WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...ALONG THE EAST COAST FROM FORT PIERCE SOUTH TO FORT LAUDERDALE EAST OVER THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS. HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST OF STUART AND HOBE SOUND...ALSO JUST OFFSHORE FROM LAKE WORTH BEACH. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES...ROUGH AND CONFUSED SEAS...GUSTY WINDS...REDUCED VISIBILITES AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS MAY BE ENCOUNTERED. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF PALM BEACH...MARTIN AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES AS WELL AS BOATERS OFFSHORE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Nov 9, 9:47 AM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
FLZ020-091345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 935 AM EST MON NOV 9 1992 ...HEAVY RAINS WERE OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF PALM BEACH...MARTIN AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... AT 935 AM EST...THERE WERE A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ONSHORE BETWEEN STUART AND HOBE SOUND. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST OFFSHORE FROM BOCA RATON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MIXED IN AN AREA OF RAIN ALONG THE EAST COAST FROM VERO BEACH SOUTH TO MIAMI EXTENDING EAST OVER THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS. ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN WAS OVER SOUTHERN DADE COUNTY. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES...ROUGH AND CONFUSED SEAS...GUSTY WINDS...REDUCED VISIBILITES AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS MAY BE ENCOUNTERED. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS. BOATERS SHOULD NOT VENTURE FAR FROM PORT. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF PALM BE$ACH...MARTIN AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES AS WELL AS BOATERS OFFSHORE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Nov 9, 10:51 AM EST, 1 hour before
FLZ020-091545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 1045 AM EST MON NOV 9 1992 ...HEAVY RAINS WERE OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF PALM BEACH...MARTIN AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... AT 1045 AM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ONSHORE NEAR JUPITER...ALSO BETWEEN BOYNTON BEACH AND BOCA RATON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MIXED IN AN AREA OF RAIN ALONG THE EAST COAST FROM VERO BEACH SOUTH TO MIAMI EXTENDING EAST OVER THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...REDUCED VISIBILITES TO OCCASIONALLY LESS THAN ONE MILE MAY BE ENCOUNTERED. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS. BOATERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...REDUCED VISIBILITES... ROUGH SEAS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES. BOATERS SHOULD NOT VENTURE FAR FROM PORT. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF PALM BEACH...MARTIN AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES AS WELL AS MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE DAY. NNNN
Special weather statement, Nov 9, 11:39 AM EST, 12 minutes before
FLZ022-091845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1140 AM EST MON NOV 9 1992 ...FUNNEL CLOUDS OVER SOUTHWEST DADE... AT 1130 AM THE PUBLIC REPORTED SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS IN THE VICINITY OF THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE AND 152ND STREET IN SOUTHWESTERN DADE COUNTY. THE SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY WEST WHILE THE FUNNEL CLOUDS THEMSELVES WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORJABLE FOR ADDITIONAL FUNNEL CLOUD DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
Special weather statement, Nov 9, 11:43 AM EST, 8 minutes before
FLZ020-091645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 1140 AM EST MON NOV 9 1992 ...HEAVY RAINS WERE OVER PARTS PALM BEACH...MARTIN AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... AT 1140 AM EST...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE COAST BETWEEN STUART AND JUPITER ALSO BETWEEN FORT LAUDERDALE AND MIAMI. THESE THUNDER STORMS WERE MIXED IN AN AREA OF RAIN ALONG THE EAST COAST FROM VERO BEACH...SOUTH TO THE UPPER KEYS EXTENDING EAST OVER THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...REDUCED VISIBILITES TO OCCASIONALLY LESS THAN ONE MILE MAY BE ENCOUNTERED. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS. BOATERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...REDUCED VISIBILITES... ROUGH SEAS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES. BOATERS SHOULD NOT VENTURE FAR FROM PORT. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THE EASTERN SECTIONS OPF PALM BEACH...MARTIN AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES AS WELL AS MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE DAY. NNNN
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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.