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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Miami, FL

July 15, 1994Broward County, Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 1994, 5:24 PM EDT for Broward County, Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 15, 1994, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Broward County, FL, Collier County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 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: 3040 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 753 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 14 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 152125
TORMIA
FLC011-021-152200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
524 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN BROWARD COUNTY
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN COLLIER COUNTY
 
MIAMI DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE POSSIBILITY THAT A TORNADO HAS
FORMED NEAR THE COUNTY LINE BETWEEN EXTREME NORTHEAST COLLIER
COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHWEST BROWARD COUNTY.  THIS PARTICULAR
TORNADO WOULD BE AFFECTING THE AREA OF THE SEMINOLE AND MICCOUKEE
INDIAN RESERVATION ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF JUST TO THE NORTH OF
I75 ALLIGATOR ALLEY. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE TORNADO IS
MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTEHAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH.
 
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.
 
IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED...TAKE SHELTER...THEN REPORT THE
SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
 
 
 
&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Hendry	32 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.