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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Miami, FL

November 25, 2000Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 25, 2000, 10:19 AM EST for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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
Nov 25, 2000, 10:19 AM EST (15:19 UTC)
Expired
Nov 25, 2000, 10:45 AM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Palm Beach County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 2000-11-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1427 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 2000-11-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
1427 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
472 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
6.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMFL 251521
TORMIA

FLC099-251545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1019 AM EST SAT NOV 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 1045 AM EST

* AT 1019 AM EST EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR THE 
INTERSECTION OF HAVERHILL AND ELMHEARST ROADS. MOVEMENT WAS 
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  
  WEST PALM BEACH BY 1025 AM EST...
  PALM BEACH GARDENS AND RIVIERA BEACH BY 1035 AM EST...
  JUPITER AND JUNO BEACH BY 1045 AM EST...

LAT...LON 2656 8025 2656 8005 2695 8008 2695 8028

.END

KOSIER

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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.