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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Miami, FL

June 7, 1993Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1993, 1:52 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1993, 1:52 PM EDT (17:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1993, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
68 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, 5.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Key West, FL at 12:00Z on 1993-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2773 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 1993-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
2773 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
764 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 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 071755
TORMIA
FLC025-071900-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
152 PM EDT MON JUN 7 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
 
   ...WESTERN DADE COUNTY
 
 
AT 145 PM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN THE CHEKIKA AREA OF THE EVERGLADES
NATIONAL PARK NEAR S.W. 237 AVE AND 152 STREET. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING
NORTHWEST.
 
A NUMBER OF OTHER TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THIS AREA.
 
 
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.

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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.