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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Key West, FL

March 2, 1994Monroe County, Florida

NWS Key West, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 1994, 2:05 PM EST for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 1994, 2:05 PM EST (19:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 1994, 2:30 PM EST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Key West, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 1994-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1045 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 1994-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 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
1045 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
638 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
6.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEYW 021908 RRA
TOREYW
FLC087-021930-
BULLETIN-EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
205 PM EST WED MAR 2 1994

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM EST FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY IN

SOUTH FLORIDA...MONROE...THE MAINLAND PORTION OF THE COUNTY...AND
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SABLE TO EVERGLADES CITY.

AT 155 PM DOPPLER RADAR AT MIAMI INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER
MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY...NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF DADE...MONROE...
AND COLLIER COUNTIES.  MOVEMENT WAS RAPIDLY IN A GENERALLY EASTERLY
DIRECTION.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY.
.
OTHER TORNADOES OVER SOUTH FLORIDA IN THIS WEATHER SYSTEM HAVE
DAMAGED OCCUPIED BUILDINGS AND CAUSED INJURIES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST.

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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.