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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Miami, FL

April 7, 1996Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 1996, 12:13 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 1996, 12:13 PM EDT (16:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 1996, 1:15 PM EDT
In force
62 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 16:13 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 40 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 1996-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 630 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 1996-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
630 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1003 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
5.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMIA 071614
TORMIA
FLC011-071715-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1113 AM EST (1213 PM EDT) SUN APR 7 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM EST (115 PM EDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
 
   ...SOUTHERN BROWARD COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT 1210 PM EDT HAS
INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO FORMING NEAR A THUNDERSTORM
WHICH WILL BE MOVING EAST OVER SOUTHERN BROWARD COUNTY.
A FUNNEL CLOUD ALOFT WAS SEEN EARLIER NEAR THIS STORM...
AND PEOPLE IN ITS PATH SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOR POSSIBLE
TOUCHDOWN.
 
THE STORM WILL MOVE EAST OVER OR NEAR PORTIONS OF PEMBROKE
PINES...MIRAMAR...HOLLYWOOD. OTHER GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR NEAR THE STORM.
 
SEEK A SAFE PLACE.

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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.