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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Miami, FL

February 20, 1995Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 1995, 2:30 PM EST for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 20, 1995, 2:30 PM EST (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Feb 20, 1995, 3:30 PM EST
In force
60 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, 7.5 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 1995-02-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 31 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 1995-02-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
31 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMIA 201932
TORMIA
FLC011-202030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
230 PM EST MON FEB 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
 
   ...BROWARD COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST
 
AT 230 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
I-75 IN WESTERN BROWARD COUNTY AND A TORNADO IS POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. MOVEMENT EAST AT 35 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 20, 12:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier67 min
Feb 20, 2:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Collier63 min
Feb 20, 3:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLMiami-Dade52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.