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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Miami, FL

July 3, 1995Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 1995, 5:53 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1995, 5:53 PM EDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1995, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
52 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 21:57 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, 9.9 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 1995-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2136 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 1995-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 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
2136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
958 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMIA 032210 COR
TORMIA
FLC011-032245-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
553 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......

IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA

   ...NORTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY

AT 550 PM...RADAR AND A PUBLIC REPORT INDICATED A TORNADO IN WEST
DAVIE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF I-595 AND THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY.
THE COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED WILL BE PLANTATION...SUNRISE
AND LAUDERHILL. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS UNDER
STURDY FURNITURE IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE 8LOWEST 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.



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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.