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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 22, 2005, 10:04 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 46 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
- Oct 22, 2005, 10:04 PM EDT (02:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2005, 10:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMFL 230204 TORMFL FLC099-230300- /O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0013.051023T0204Z-051023T0300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1004 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. * UNTIL 1100 PM EDT * AT 958 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF CALOOSA...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CALOOSA 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 GROUND...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. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 2692 8041 2677 8037 2677 8023 2702 8025 $$ DG
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KMFL 230232 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1029 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2005 FLC099-230300- /O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-051023T0300Z/ PALM BEACH FL- 1029 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY... AT 1022 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF CALOOSA. THIS STORM IS DRIFTING EASTWARD. SOUTH FLORIDA TORNADOES MAY AT TIMES BE SMALL AND NARROW BUT THEY ARE STILL DANGEROUS. THEY CAN EASILY FLIP A VEHICLE OR TRAILER OR CAUSE LARGE TREES TO FALL. TAKE COVER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. LAT...LON 2692 8041 2677 8037 2677 8023 2702 8025 $$ DG
000 WWUS52 KMFL 230250 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1049 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2005 FLC099-230259- /O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-051023T0300Z/ PALM BEACH FL- 1049 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IS CANCELLED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS DISSIPATED. THUS...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 2692 8041 2677 8037 2677 8023 2702 8025 $$ DG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 53 min | |
| Oct 23, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| Oct 23, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| Oct 23, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 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.