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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Miami, FL

June 10, 2005Miami-Dade County, Monroe County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2005, 1:17 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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, 1:17 PM EDT (17:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2005, 1:46 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Miami-Dade County, FL, Monroe County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 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 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 2005-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 355 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
355 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMFL 101721
TORMFL
FLC086-087-101800-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0001.050610T1717Z-050610T1800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
117 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
  SOUTHEASTERN MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 112 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  A TORNADO OVER FLORIDA BAY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF        
  FLAMINGO...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY
  RURAL SOUTHERN MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY
  RURAL CENTRAL MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS 
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON 
THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE 
PATH OF THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL 
OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK 
SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 2500 8074 2504 8070 2547 8091 2533 8113

$$

DG
1 follow-up statement
853 
WWUS52 KMFL 101746
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
144 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

FLC086-087-101754-
/O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050610T1800Z/
MAINLAND MONROE FL-MIAMI-DADE FL-
144 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MIAMI-DADE AND SOUTHEASTERN
MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DISSIPATED AND IS NO LONGER A THREAT...THUS 
THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PEOPLE IN THIS AREA NEED TO READY 
FOR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS ENCASE SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS.

LAT...LON 2500 8074 2504 8070 2547 8091 2533 8113

$$

BAXTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL67 min
Jun 10, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL51 min
Jun 10, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL32 min
Jun 10, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL51 min
Jun 10, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr

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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.