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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Miami, FL

February 23, 2002Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2002, 3:20 AM EST for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 40 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, 3:20 AM EST (08:20 UTC)
Expired
Feb 23, 2002, 4:00 AM EST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 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

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 23 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 00:00Z on 2002-02-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 264 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 00:00Z on 2002-02-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
264 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
903 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMFL 230820
TORMIA
FLC086-230900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
318 AM EST SAT FEB 23 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 400 AM EST

* AT 318 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF COUNTRY WALK...MOVING          
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 400 AM EST...
  KENDALE LAKES

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 2563 8065 2549 8050 2580 8019 2593 8037

.END

WARNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 2:40 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL95 min
Feb 23, 3:53 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL97 min
Feb 23, 12:40 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL95 min
Feb 23, 12:40 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL95 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.