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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Miami, FL

March 14, 1997Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 1997, 1:48 PM EST for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 42 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
Mar 14, 1997, 1:48 PM EST (18:48 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 1997, 2:30 PM EST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Broward County, FL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 14, 11:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 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 1997-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1857 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, Key West, FL at 12:00Z on 1997-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1857 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
7.6

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The text

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

020 
WFUS1 KMIA 141854
TORMIA
FLC011-141930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
148 PM EST FRI MAR 14 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......

IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA

   ...SOUTHWESTERN BROWARD COUNTY

AT 0140 PM...MIAMI RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC SIGNITURE OVER EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN BROWARD COUNTY. THIS FEATURE WAS 10 MILES SOUTH OF
ALLIGATOR ALLEY. MOVEMENT WAS FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH.


IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED...TAKE SHELTER...THEN REPORT THE
SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL 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.