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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Miami, FL

January 2, 2002Monroe County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 2, 2002, 2:31 PM EST for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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
Jan 2, 2002, 2:31 PM EST (19:31 UTC)
Expired
Jan 2, 2002, 3:00 PM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Monroe County, FL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 2, 2:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 2002-01-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 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 2002-01-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 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
32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
299 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

603 
WFUS52 KMFL 021931
TORMIA
FLC025-087-022000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
230 PM EST WED JAN 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
  MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 300 PM EST

* AT 230 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 12 MILES WEST OF MAHOGANY HAMMOCK...MOVING EAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 300 PM EST...
  MAHOGANY HAMMOCK
  ROYAL PALM RANGER STATION

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.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. OR YOU CAN
ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI DIRECTLY AT 305 229
4522 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 2538 8113 2520 8108 2529 8054 2556 8063

.END

PIFER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 1:10 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL95 min
Jan 2, 2:57 PM ESTTornado WarningMFL48 min
Jan 2, 3:31 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL119 min
Jan 2, 3:45 PM ESTTornado WarningMFL15 min

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.