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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Miami, FL

February 25, 2004Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 25, 2004, 10:33 AM EST for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 27 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 25, 2004, 10:33 AM EST (15:33 UTC)
Expired
Feb 25, 2004, 11:00 AM EST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Collier County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2004-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 880 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 2004-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
880 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

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

699 
WFUS52 KMFL 251533
TORMIA
FLC021-251600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1033 AM EST WED FEB 25 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF IMMOKALEE

* UNTIL 1100 AM EST

* AT 1030 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF IMMOKALEE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BUNKER HILL.

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS.
GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 2649 8154 2649 8144 2652 8140 2652 8130
          2634 8130 2634 8140 2631 8144 2631 8160

$$

PS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 25, 9:49 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL56 min
Feb 25, 10:02 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier58 min
Feb 25, 10:15 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 min
Feb 25, 10:50 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLHendry25 min
Feb 25, 11:30 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 min
Feb 25, 12:00 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 min
Feb 25, 12:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach53 min
Feb 25, 12:56 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Feb 25, 1:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLMiami-Dade42 min
Feb 25, 1:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach53 min
Feb 25, 1:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLMiami-Dade58 min
Feb 25, 1:20 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL100 min
Feb 25, 2:54 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL66 min
Feb 25, 3:05 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL55 min

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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.