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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Miami, FL

August 6, 2002Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 6, 2002, 6:07 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 23 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
Aug 6, 2002, 6:07 PM EDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2002, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

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

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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 12:00Z, 10.1 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 12:00Z on 2002-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2136 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 2002-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
777 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 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.

694 
WFUS52 KMFL 062207
TORMIA
FLC011-086-062230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
607 PM EDT TUE AUG 6 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 607 PM EDT... LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO OVER 
HALLANDALE BEACH WHICH WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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 2603 8013 2595 8022 2590 8012 2597 8013

.END

LUSHINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 1:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL24 min
Aug 6, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL65 min
Aug 6, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades, Hendry54 min
Aug 6, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL66 min
Aug 6, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL66 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.