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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Miami, FL

April 5, 1993Collier County, Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 1993, 3:25 AM EDT for Collier County, Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 1993, 3:25 AM EDT (07:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 1993, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Collier County, FL, Hendry County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 1993-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 1993-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-234 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMIA 050724
TORMIA
FLC051-021-050830-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
325 AM EDT MON APR 5 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTH FLORIDA
 
   ...HENDRY COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...COLLIER COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
AT 3:15 AM NAPLES SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN COLLIER
COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN HENRY COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS
TOWARDS THE EAST AT 40 MPH.
 
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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 3:16 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLGlades59 min
Apr 5, 4:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade2 hr

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.