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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Miami, FL

September 10, 2005Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 10, 2005, 9:41 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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
Sep 10, 2005, 9:41 PM EDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2005, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 7 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 2005-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1715 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 2005-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
1715 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1061 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 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.

000 
WFUS52 KMFL 110141
TORMFL
FLC086-110215-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0006.050911T0141Z-050911T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
941 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 1015 PM EDT

* AT 939 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR 
  17TH AVE AND 28TH STREET MOVING NORTHEAST 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 2583 8020 2596 8016 2595 8041 2582 8033

$$

GR
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KMFL 110158
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
957 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2005

FLC086-110215-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050911T0215Z/
MIAMI-DADE FL-
957 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...

AT 951 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MIAMI DADE COUNTY THAT
MAY STILL BE PRODUCING A TORNADO. MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE NORTHEAST 
AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI DIRECTLY AT 305.229.4522.

LAT...LON 2583 8020 2596 8016 2595 8041 2582 8033

$$

GR
000
WWUS52 KMFL 110211
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1009 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2005

FLC086-110215-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050911T0215Z/
MIAMI-DADE FL-
1009 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...

AT 1003 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MIAMI DADE COUNTY.  
MOVEMENT CONTINUES NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. EXPECT SOME SMALL HAIL AND 
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THERE HAS BEEN NO FURTHER REPORTS OF TORNADOS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI DIRECTLY AT 305.229.4522.

LAT...LON 2583 8020 2596 8016 2595 8041 2582 8033

$$

GR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL62 min
Sep 10, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade51 min
Sep 10, 10:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL56 min
Sep 11, 2:49 PM EDTMarine Weather StatementMFL4 hr

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.