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Tornado Warning 2, NWS EYW

June 10, 2005Monroe County, Florida

NWS EYW issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2005, 6:50 AM EDT for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 40 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
Jun 10, 2005, 6:50 AM EDT (10:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2005, 7:30 AM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS EYW
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Monroe County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:50 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 2005-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1037 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 2005-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1037 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 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.

881 
WFUS52 KEYW 101055
TOREYW
FLC087-101130-
/O.NEW.KEYW.TO.W.0002.050610T1050Z-050610T1130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
650 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  UPPER KEYS IN MONROE COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 730 AM EDT

* AT 641 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  VIOLENT WATERSPOUT 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TEATABLE KEY...OR ABOUT 31
  MILES SOUTH OF KEY LARGO...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ISLAMORADA...TEATABLE KEY...UPPER MATECUMBE KEY...AND SOUTH OF
  WINDLEY KEY BY 730 AM EDT.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE SURFACE...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO
THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONES MOVE RAPIDLY...ARE OFTEN
WRAPPED IN HEAVY RAIN...AND ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE OR HEAR UNTIL THEY
ARE VERY CLOSE. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!

LAT...LON 2457 8043 2469 8028 2506 8062 2489 8082

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS EYW issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 9:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEYWMonroe18 min
Jun 10, 7:28 AM EDTTornado WarningEYWMonroe32 min
Jun 10, 1:10 PM EDTTornado WarningEYWMonroe35 min
Jun 10, 1:42 PM EDTTornado WarningEYWMonroe33 min
Jun 10, 1:42 PM EDTTornado WarningEYWMonroe23 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.