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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Miami, FL

March 27, 2003Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2003, 4:59 PM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 61 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
Mar 27, 2003, 4:59 PM EST (21:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2003, 6:00 PM EST
In force
61 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), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 27, 2:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 21 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 2003-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 2003-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1048 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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.

470 
WFUS52 KMFL 272159
TORMIA
FLC011-086-272300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
455 PM EST THU MAR 27 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 455 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR OPA-LOCKA. ANOTHER DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS LOCATED
  ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF KROME AVENUE AND HIGHWAY 27.
  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORMS THROUGH 600 PM EST...
  BISCAYNE PARK AND NORTH MIAMI
  PRO PLAYER STADIUM AND CAROL CITY
  AVENTURA
  HALLANDALE BEACH
  HOLLYWOOD
  DANIA BEACH
  AREAS BETWEEN MIRAMAR AND MIAMI LAKES

LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE PARENT THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THE STORM SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

LAT...LON 2594 8077 2580 8020 2616 7989 2617 8018

.END

HANDEL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 2:00 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Mar 27, 2:13 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL47 min
Mar 27, 2:27 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLCollier63 min
Mar 27, 2:37 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLHendry, Palm Beach53 min
Mar 27, 2:40 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLHendry, Palm Beach50 min
Mar 27, 2:50 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLHendry55 min
Mar 27, 3:12 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLMiami-Dade48 min
Mar 27, 3:27 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach63 min
Mar 27, 3:50 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL115 min
Mar 27, 3:58 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade62 min
Mar 27, 4:19 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach56 min
Mar 27, 5:07 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL83 min
Mar 27, 5:07 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL83 min
Mar 27, 5:54 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLMiami-Dade21 min
Mar 27, 6:28 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL92 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.