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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Miami, FL

September 12, 1995Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 12, 1995, 3:57 PM EDT for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 12, 1995, 3:57 PM EDT (19:57 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 1995, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Hendry County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 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 1995-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2316 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
2316 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 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 121959
TORMIA
FLC051-122100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
357 PM EDT TUE SEP 12 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTH FLORIDA
 
   ...WESTERN HENDRY COUNTY
 
HENDRY COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONELL SPOTTED A TORNADO
6 MILES WEST OF LABELLE...IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF HENDRY
COUNTY...AT 4 PM. RADAR INDICATES THIS STORM SYSTEM TO BE
MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST NEAR HIGHWAY 80 AND NEAR THE
CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER.
 
 
 
IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED...TAKE SHELTER...THEN CALL THE
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE TOLtL-FREE AT 1-800-850-5058
OR REPORT THE SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
 
 
 
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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.