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Tornado Warning 2, NWS EYW

February 23, 2002Monroe County, Florida

NWS EYW issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2002, 9:27 AM EST for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 23, 2002, 9:27 AM EST (14:27 UTC)
Expired
Feb 23, 2002, 10:00 AM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS EYW
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Monroe County, FL

The radar

The Key West radar (KBYX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:26 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

Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 12 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, Key West, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-02-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 53 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, Key West, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-02-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
53 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
856 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
174 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.

571 
WFUS52 KEYW 231427
TOREYW
FLC087-231500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
916 AM EST SAT FEB 23 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...THE LOWER KEYS OF FLORIDA

* UNTIL 1000 AM EST

* AT 911 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A WATERSPOUT MOVING TOWARD KEY WEST. THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS
  APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST...AND WILL ALSO AFFECT WATERS
  AROUND KEY WEST AND THE LOWER KEYS.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 1000 AM EST...
  KEY WEST
  STOCK ISLAND
  FLEMING KEY

WATERSPOUTS THAT MOVE ONSHORE CAN BE JUST AS DEADLY AS TORNADOES. IF
THREATENED BY A WATERSPOUT...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!

LAT...LON 2452 8214 2440 8200 2467 8133 2490 8156

.END









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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.