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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Miami, FL

April 9, 2004Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2004, 3:41 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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
Apr 9, 2004, 3:41 PM EDT (19:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2004, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Miami-Dade County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 12 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 2004-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 707 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 2004-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
707 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
719 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

716 
WFUS52 KMFL 091941
TORMIA
FLC086-092015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
337 PM EDT FRI APR 9 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES 
THE CITIES OF...MIAMI BEACH...AND SOUTH BEACH...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 332 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF LITTLE HAITI...OR ALONG 36 STREET NEAR I 95.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO      
  PORT OF MIAMI...NORTH BAY VILLAGE...VIRGINIA KEY...AND SOUTH       
  BEACH...AND...LIBERTY CITY.

HIGHWAY OVERPASSES DO NOT OFFER PROTECTION FROM TORNADOES TAKE 
COVER IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS 
NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW LYING SPOT. PROTECT YOUR 
HEAD AND BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS

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 2590 8030 2572 8027 2572 7997 2598 8001

$$

BAXTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL59 min
Apr 9, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL91 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.