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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Miami, FL

March 2, 1994Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 1994, 1:45 PM EST for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 2, 1994, 1:45 PM EST (18:45 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 1994, 2:45 PM EST
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL
Area: Whole counties

County Collier County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 KMIA 021842 RRA
TORMIA
FLC021-021945-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
145 PM EST WED MAR 2 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...EASTERN COLLIER COUNTY
 
 
AT 135 PM EST MIAMI DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
RAPIDLY THROUGH EASTERN COLLIER COUNTY. A THUNDERSTORM IN THIS LINE
PRODUCED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN SOUTHWEST COLLIER COUNTY ABOUT 120 PM
THAT DESTROYED A MOBILE HOME AND CAUSED INJURIES TO ITS OCCUPANTS.
 
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.
 
WATCH FOR SIGNS OF DEVELOPING SEVERE STORMS.  HAILSTONES AND
UNUSUALLY LOW SWIRLING CLOUDS ARE OFTEN SEEN NEAR DEVELOPING
TORNADOES.  STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES OFTEN PRODUCE
A LOUD ROARING SOUND LIKE A TRAIN.  FREQUENT LIGHTNING OCCURS
NEAR THE MOST SEVERE PART OF THE THUNDERSTORM.
 
IN SCHOOL...WHEREVER POSSIBLE...FOLLOW TORNADO PLANS OR MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE...DO NOT
REMAIN IN THE CAFETERIA OR GYMNASIUM BUT SEEK SHELTER ELSEWHERE
IN THE SCHOOL.
 
IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED...TAKE SHELTER...THEN CALL THE
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OR REPORT THE
SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 11:28 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Glades	62 min
Mar 2, 11:41 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Collier	64 min
Mar 2, 12:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Collier	60 min
Mar 2, 1:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward	47 min
Mar 2, 2:23 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade	67 min
Mar 2, 2:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade	59 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.