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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Miami, FL

June 9, 1994Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1994, 12:36 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 9, 1994, 12:36 PM EDT (16:36 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 1994, 1:01 PM EDT
In force: 25 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, 4.6 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-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: 1396 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 54 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 091637
TORMIA
FLC025-FLZ502-091730-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1236 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 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
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE POSSIBILITY OF
A TORNADO FORMATION IN THE SOUTH DADE AREA. THIS HAS ALSO BEEN
REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC TO BE OBSERVED 3 MILES NORTH OF HOMESTEAD
AFB JUST TO THE EAST OF THE CITY OF NARANJA. THIS PARTICULAR
TORNADO IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 12 MILES PER 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.
 
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 AT 305 666-0884 OR REPORT THE
SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
 
 
 
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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.