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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Miami, FL

October 16, 1993Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 16, 1993, 7:35 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 16, 1993, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired
Oct 16, 1993, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 162335
TORMIA
FLC011-025-170030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
735 PM EDT SAT OCT 16 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN DADE COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERAL TORNADOES AND FUNNEL CLOUDS
ARE MOVING NORTHEAST INTO NORTHEAST DADE AND SOUTHEAST BROWARD COUNTIES.
THESE STORMS HAVE CAUSED DAMAGES TO SEVERAL TRAILERS AND RESIDENCES IN
SOUTHEAST DADE COUNTY. CAUTION IS URGED IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS
DUE TO THEIR EXTENSIVE COVERAGE AND DAMAGE HISTORY.
 
THEIR MOVEMENT TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH SHOULD BRING THEM INTO THE
CPASTAL WATERS OF DADE AND  BROWARD COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT 45
MINUITES.
 
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 16, 6:29 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLMiami-Dade61 min

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.