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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2005, 10:42 AM EDT for Collier County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 101 days. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2005, 10:42 AM EDT (14:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2005, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 101 days
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Collier County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 4:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | North Miami, FL | TREES/POWER LINES/AND A POWER POLE REPORTED DOWN. POWER OUTAGES REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA. |
| Aug 4, 3:45 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Opa-Locka, FL | PENNY-DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED |
| Sep 10, 9:39 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Nw Downtown Miami, FL | COMMERCIAL BUILDING LOST ROOF ON 2700 BLOCK OF NW 17TH AVE. TREES DOWN ON WIRES. TRAFFIC LIGHTS DOWN AT INTERSECTIONS OF NW 11TH AVE/29TH ST AND NW 17TH AVE AND 28TH ST. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 5:40 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 1769 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMFL 011443 TORMFL FLC021-011545- /O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0005.050601T1442Z-050601T1545Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1042 AM EDT WED JUN 1 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA * UNTIL 1145 AM EDT * AT 1037 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF MARCO ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MARCO ISLAND AND BELLE MEADE BY 1050 AM EDT SOUTH NAPLES BY 1055 AM EDT NAPLES AND EAST NAPLES BY 1100 AM EDT WEST TOLL GATE ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY BY 1105 AM EDT GOLDEN GATE BY 1110 AM EDT INTERSECTION ALLIGATOR ALLEY AND SR 29 BY 1125 AM EDT IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF A 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2595 8196 2588 8176 2612 8130 2651 8173 $$ HANDEL
4 follow-up statements
954 WWUS52 KMFL 011504 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1102 AM EDT WED JUN 1 2005 FLC021-011545- /O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050601T1545Z/ COLLIER FL- 1102 AM EDT WED JUN 1 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 AM EDT FOR COLLIER COUNTY... AT 1059 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR BELLE MEADE OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF MARCO ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WEST TOLL GATE ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY AND GOLDEN GATE 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOUTH BLOCKS GOLDEN GATE INTERSECTION I-75 AND EVERGLADES BLVD NORTH BLOCKS GOLDEN GATE AND ORANGE TREE IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN CHOKOLOSKEE...EVERGLADES CITY...AND OCHOPEE. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI DIRECTLY AT 305.229.4522. LAT...LON 2595 8196 2576 8152 2594 8095 2651 8173 $$ HANDEL
649 WWUS52 KMFL 011521 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1120 AM EDT WED JUN 1 2005 FLC021-011530- /O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050601T1545Z/ COLLIER FL- 1120 AM EDT WED JUN 1 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR COLLIER COUNTY 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. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE STILL POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN COLLIER COUNTY. LAT...LON 2595 8196 2576 8152 2594 8095 2651 8173 $$ HANDEL
000 WFUS52 KMFL 110114 TORMFL FLC086-110130- /O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0005.050911T0113Z-050911T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 913 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. * UNTIL 935 PM EDT * AT 909 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR BAYFRONT MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI DIRECTLY AT 305.229.4522 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 2581 8016 2595 8019 2595 8033 2577 8028 $$ GR
000 WWUS52 KMFL 110128 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 926 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2005 FLC086-110136- /O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050911T0130Z/ MIAMI-DADE FL- 926 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 930 PM EDT... AT 925 PM...THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING THE TORNADO HAS WEAKENED SOMEWHAT AND ALL THAT REMAINS ARE VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. LAT...LON 2581 8016 2595 8019 2595 8033 2577 8028 $$ GR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 5:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 8:29 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 91 min | |
| Jun 1, 8:42 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| Jun 1, 9:35 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 115 min | |
| Jun 1, 10:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 94 min | |
| Jun 1, 11:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Jun 1, 12:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 47 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.