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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Miami, FL

July 11, 2000Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 2000, 4:57 PM EDT for Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 18 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 2000, 4:57 PM EDT (20:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2000, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Broward County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 2000-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 657 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 2000-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
657 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMFL 112100
TORMIA

FLC011-099-112115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
457 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CORAL SPRINGS...AND DAVIE   

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 449 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR MARKAM PARK IN 
DAVIE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 136 STREET AND I75 NEARLY STATIONARY. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
  DAVIE
  SAWGRASS MILLS MALL
  CORAL SPRINGS

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WI%TH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 2607 8051 2605 8031 2632 8026 2634 8049

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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.