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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Miami, FL

June 17, 1997Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 1997, 5:50 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 65 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
Jun 17, 1997, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1997, 6:55 PM EDT
In force
65 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 21:53 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, 9.8 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 1997-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1951 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 1997-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
1951 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 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 172151 RRA
TORMIA
FLC011-172255-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
550 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 655 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA

   ...NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTY

 
AT 548 PM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY MIAMI DOPPLER
RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORAL SPRINGS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 17 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...CORAL SPRINGS AND
DEERFIELD BEACH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A 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 VEHICLE.
 

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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.