Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2001, 5:10 PM EDT for Glades County, Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2001, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2001, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 5:20 PM EDT | Tornado F1 | La Belle, FL | A tornado touched down on S.R. 29 damaging the roof of the Tootsie Roll Drive Thru. |
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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 2482 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMFL 082112 TORMIA FLC043-051-082200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 510 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN GLADES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA NORTHWESTERN HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 510 PM EDT HENDRY COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A TORNADO HALFWAY BETWEEN FELDA AND LABELLE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS TORNADO IS MOVING SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH. VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THE PARENT STORM. IF OUTDOORS... STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES AND AVOID WATER. MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL..B.AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 2687 8121 2689 8148 2674 8155 2656 8146 .END PFOST
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 41 min |
| Jul 8, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 52 min |
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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.