Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2003
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 22, 2003, 8:35 PM EST for Collier County, Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 25 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 22, 2003, 8:35 PM EST (01:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2003, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Collier County, FL, Hendry County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2471 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.6
- Supercell composite
- 22.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KMFL 230135
TORMIA
FLC021-051-230200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
833 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
* UNTIL 900 PM EST
* AT 833 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IMMOKALEE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE MOVING ONSHORE BETWEEN NAPLES AND VANDERBILT
BEACH MOVING TOWARDS IMMOKALEE AND FELDA BY 900 PM EST.
VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
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.
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 2630 8199 2615 8189 2630 8127 2651 8128
2655 8151
.END
BAXTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 7:39 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 96 min | |
| Feb 22, 8:54 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 66 min | |
| Feb 22, 9:44 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 31 min | |
| Feb 22, 9:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Hendry, Palm Beach | 47 min |
| Feb 22, 11:18 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Feb 22, 11:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 31 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Florida, 2003Every tornado warning in 2003Tornadoes in 2003
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.