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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Miami, FL

October 22, 2005Palm Beach County, Florida

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 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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2005-10-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1223 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 00:00Z on 2005-10-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 23, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL53 min
Oct 23, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL63 min
Oct 23, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL63 min
Oct 23, 6:56 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.