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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Miami, FL

July 2, 1995Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 1995, 2:57 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1995, 2:57 PM EDT (18:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1995, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Broward County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 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 1995-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1333 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 1995-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
1333 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
896 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 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 021858
TORMIA
FLC011-FLZ502-022000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARNINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
257 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARNINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY
 
  AND FOR BOATERS ON THE COASTAL WATERS FROM
 
   ...DEERFIELD BEACH  TO  HALLANDALE
 
AT 250 PM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO FORMING IN THE DANIA
AREA OF SOUTH BROWARD COUNTY. MOVEMENT WILL BE SOUTH AT NEAR 10 MPH.
A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COVERED MOST OF METRO BROWARD COUNTY SOUTH
OF MARGATE AND POMPANO BEACH.
 
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 MOREx SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. DO
NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO IN YOUR VECHICLE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 1:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward58 min
Jul 2, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward60 min
Jul 2, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.