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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Miami, FL

October 16, 1993Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 16, 1993, 6:29 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 16, 1993, 6:29 PM EDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired
Oct 16, 1993, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
61 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, 10.5 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 1993-10-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 528 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 1993-10-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
528 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMIA 162229
TORMIA
FLC025-162330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
629 PM EDT SAT OCT 16 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN DADE COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
AT 630 PM A TORNADO WAS SIGHTED IN THE VICINITY OF COUNTRY WALK IN
CORAL REEF DRIVE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DETECTED BY MIAMI
DOPPLER RADAR IN THE AREA  AND  THEY ARE MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST.
 
IN ADDITION...SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN SIGHTED  AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF MORE TORNADOES REMAINS HIGH FOR THE AREA WITHIN THE NEXT
HOUR.
 
 
 
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.
 
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AND REMAIN IN PORT
UNTIL THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASS BEYOND THE COASTAL WATERS.
 
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.
(ALWAYS SELECT THIS PHRASE AND THEN DELETE THIS LINE FROM WARNING.)
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 16, 7:35 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade55 min

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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.