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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Miami, FL

April 14, 1997Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 1997, 4:14 PM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 61 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 14, 1997, 4:14 PM EDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 1997, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Collier County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 1997-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 893 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 1997-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
893 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMIA 142014 RRA
TORMIA
FLC021-142115-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
414 PM EDT MON APR 14 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...COLLIER COUNTY
 
AT 355 PM A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED OVER GOLDEN GATE NEAR EVERGLADES
BLVD. AT 400 PM...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR
IMMOKALEE TO THE GOLDEN GATE AREA. THIS LINE WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH. FURTHER FUNNEL CLOUD FORMATION AND POSSIBLE TORNADO DEVELOPME
IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS 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 VECHICLE.
 
IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED...TAKE SHELTER...THEN REPORT THE
SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 3:10 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLCollier65 min

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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.