Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 3, 1998, 5:59 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 1998, 5:59 PM EDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 1998, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Davie, FL | Wind gust estimated. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 20 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1826 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 816 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
123 WFUS1 KMIA 032200 RRA TORMIA FLC011-025-032300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 559 PM EDT MON AUG 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA NORTHEASTERN DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT AROUND 550 PM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. 27 AND OKEECHOBEE RD IN NORTH CENTRAL DADE COUNTY. THE STORM THAT WAS PRODUCING THIS WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AND WILL AFFECT SECTIONS WESTERN PEMPBROKE PINES. 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. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 5:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 7:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 58 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.