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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Miami, FL

September 29, 1995Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 29, 1995, 3:16 PM EDT for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 29, 1995, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired
Sep 29, 1995, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Hendry County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-09-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 698 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, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-09-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
698 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
743 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-11 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 291916
TORMIA
FLC051-292000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
316 PM EDT FRI SEP 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTH FLORIDA
 
   ...HENDRY COUNTY
 
AT 310 PM EDT HENDRY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED
A TORNADO IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF HENDRY COUNTY NEAR
STATE ROAD 833 AND THE BIG CYPRESS INDIAN RESERVATION.
THE ASSOCIATED STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST NEAR 15 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 PROTECT YOUR HEAD. AVOID WINDOWS. A MOBILE HOME IS NOT A
SAFE REFUGE FROM A TORNADO. MOVE TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. DO
NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO IN YOUR VECHICLE.
 
COLE

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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.