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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Key West, FL

October 15, 1999Monroe County, Florida

NWS Key West, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 15, 1999, 5:10 PM EDT for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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
Oct 15, 1999, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired
Oct 15, 1999, 5:40 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Key West, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 1999-10-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 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 1999-10-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 214 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
271 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEYW 152113 RRA
TOREYW
FLC087-152140-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
510 PM EDT FRI OCT 15 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA...THE UPPER KEYS IN MONROE COUNTY
  AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

* UNTIL 540 PM EDT

* AT 507 PM EDT...PUBLIC REPORTS DETECTED A TORNADO 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF TAVERNIER (MM 92) OR IN THE VICINITY OF WINDLEY KEY
  (MM 85)...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. EARLIER REPORTS WITH THIS
  TORNADO FROM THE PUBLIC INDICATED THAT A WATERSPOUT HAD MOVED
  ONSHORE NEAR LOWER MATECUMBE KEY (MM 77) JUST BEFORE 5 PM.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...
  WINDLEY KEY (MM 85)            BY ABOUT 509 PM EDT
  PLANTATION KEY (MM 90)         BY ABOUT 515 PM EDT
  TAVERNIER (MM 92)              BY ABOUT 525 PM EDT

ABANDON MOBILE HOMES! GO IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST
RESORT...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

MOHLIN


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 15, 5:57 AM EDTTornado WarningKEYMonroe63 min
Oct 15, 6:28 AM EDTTornado WarningKEYMonroe42 min
Oct 15, 10:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningKEYMonroe3 hr
Oct 15, 2:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningKEYMonroe3 hr
Oct 15, 5:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningKEYMonroe3 hr

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.