Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 19, 1994, 5:55 PM EDT for Glades County, Florida. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 19, 1994, 5:55 PM EDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 1994, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Glades County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 5:55 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | Moore Haven, FL | Glades County Sheriff's Office reported a tornado on the ground 4 miles west of Moore Haven. No casualties or damage was reported. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 532 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMIA 192157 TORMIA FLC043-192245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 555 PM EDT MON SEP 19 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH FLORIDA ...SOUTHERN GLADES COUNTY AT 555 PM EDT THE GLADES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF MOORE HAVEN. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. PERSONS IN MOORE HAVEN SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW. 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. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades | 63 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.