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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Miami, FL

December 9, 2002Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 9, 2002, 8:38 PM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Dec 9, 2002, 8:38 PM EST (01:38 UTC)
Expired: Dec 9, 2002, 9:30 PM EST
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Dec 9, 8:40 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Miami Beach, FL	Severe thunderstorm wind gusts blew down trees on Washington Avenue.

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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 18 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 562 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 366 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMFL 100138
TORMIA
FLC011-086-100230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
837 PM EST MON DEC 9 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 930 PM EST

* AT 837 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER SOUTH BEACH...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MIAMI BEACH BY 845 PM EST
  MIAMI SHORES BY 850 PM EST
  NORTH BAY VILLAGE AND FIU NORTH CAMPUS BY 900 PM EST
  HALLANDALE BY 910 PM EST

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.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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 2569 8021 2567 8001 2614 7992 2616 8022

.END

BAXTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 9, 7:12 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		63 min
Dec 9, 7:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Miami-Dade	46 min
Dec 9, 8:02 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		118 min
Dec 9, 8:48 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Palm Beach	42 min
Dec 9, 9:52 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		113 min
Dec 9, 10:45 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		2 hr
Dec 9, 11:39 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		51 min
Dec 10, 1:17 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Miami-Dade, Monroe	28 min
Dec 10, 2:50 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		115 min
Dec 10, 4:14 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		2 hr
Dec 10, 4:20 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		115 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.