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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Miami, FL

February 6, 1998Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 1998, 9:06 PM EST for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 49 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
Feb 6, 1998, 9:06 PM EST (02:06 UTC)
Expired
Feb 6, 1998, 9:55 PM EST
In force
49 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 02:07 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 00:00Z, 2.1 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 00:00Z on 1998-02-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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 00:00Z on 1998-02-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-215 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1367 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

389 
WFUS1 KMIA 070207 RRA
TORMIA
FLC021-070255-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
906 PM EST FRI FEB 6 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI FL HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 955 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA

   ...COLLIER COUNTY

AT 907 PM EST... DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED A
TORNADO BETWEEN MARCO ISLAND AND GOODLAND. PROPERTY DAMAGE HAS
BEEN REPORTED IN MARCO ISLAND AND GOODLAND. MOVEMENT WILL CONTINUE
EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH.

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 VEHICLE.





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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 8:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier76 min
Feb 6, 8:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades, Hendry77 min
Feb 6, 9:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach60 min
Feb 6, 10:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward61 min
Feb 6, 10:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach43 min

Nearby

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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.