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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Miami, FL

August 29, 1994Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 1994, 3:47 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 29, 1994, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 1994, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Broward County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 1994-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1462 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 1994-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1462 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 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 291949
TORMIA
FLC011-292015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
347 PM EDT MON AUG 29 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
 
   ...NORTH CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY
 
AT 340 PM...MIAMI DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
OVER TAMARAC. A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN HAS BEEN RECEIVED. MOVEMENT
OF THE STORM WAS SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 KTS.
 
 
IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED...TAKE SHELTER...THEN REPORT THE
SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL 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.