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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Miami, FL

October 29, 2003Collier County, Monroe County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 29, 2003, 1:14 AM EST for Collier County, Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 16 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
Oct 29, 2003, 1:14 AM EST (06:14 UTC)
Expired
Oct 29, 2003, 1:30 AM EST
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Collier County, FL, Monroe County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:15 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 2003-10-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 578 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 2003-10-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
578 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
927 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMFL 290614
TORMIA
FLC021-087-290630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
114 AM EST WED OCT 29 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
  NORTH CENTRAL MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 130 AM EST

* AT 114 AM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER OASIS RANGER STATION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 130 AM EST...
  OASIS RANGER STATION AND MONROE STATION

LAT...LON 2581 8116 2568 8102 2588 8089 2601 8095

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 29, 2:35 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL85 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.