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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Miami, FL

April 13, 2004Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2004, 2:34 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 56 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 13, 2004, 2:34 PM EDT (18:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 2004, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
56 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), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 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 nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 2004-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 97 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 2004-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
97 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-340 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1312 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 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.

665 
WFUS52 KMFL 131834
TORMIA
FLC011-086-131930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
234 PM EDT TUE APR 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WESTON...TAMARAC...SUNRISE...POMPANO
  BEACH...PLANTATION...MARGATE...COOPER CITY...FORT LAUDERDALE...
  DAVIE...CORAL SPRINGS
  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 232 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF
  INTERSECTION U.S. 27 PINES BLVD...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF
  MIRAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  INTERSECTION I-75 AND U.S. 27...WILTON MANORS...SOUTHWEST
  RANCHES...SAWGRASS MILLS MALL...PARKLAND...OAKLAND PARK...NORTH
  LAUDERDALE...LAUDERDALE LAKES...LAUDERHILL AND COCONUT CREEK.

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.

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 2603 8068 2589 8058 2611 8012 2630 8013
          2632 8030

$$

BAXTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 11:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Apr 13, 1:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Apr 13, 1:55 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLCollier, Monroe65 min
Apr 13, 3:05 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLCollier25 min
Apr 13, 4:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Apr 13, 4:15 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLBroward60 min
Apr 13, 4:29 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Apr 13, 4:35 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLCollier55 min
Apr 13, 5:20 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL115 min
Apr 13, 5:38 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Apr 13, 5:48 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL42 min
Apr 13, 7:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL65 min
Apr 13, 7:42 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL93 min
Apr 13, 7:42 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL93 min
Apr 13, 12:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL49 min
Apr 13, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier33 min
Apr 13, 2:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL90 min
Apr 13, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Apr 13, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Apr 13, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLMiami-Dade23 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.