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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Miami, FL

September 20, 2005Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 20, 2005, 2:13 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 35 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 20, 2005, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired
Sep 20, 2005, 2:48 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Broward County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 20, 4:40 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 2005-09-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 341 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 2005-09-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 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
341 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMFL 201813
TORMFL
FLC011-201900-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0007.050920T1813Z-050920T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
213 PM EDT TUE SEP 20 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 208 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  HOLLYWOOD...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COOPER CITY
  DAVIE
  WESTON
  INTERSECTION I-75 AND U.S. 27

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 500 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2598 8016 2601 8014 2627 8038 2605 8052

$$

DG
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMFL 201848
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
245 PM EDT TUE SEP 20 2005

FLC011-201855-
/O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050920T1900Z/
BROWARD FL-
245 PM EDT TUE SEP 20 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN BROWARD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH 
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DISSIPATED AND IS NO LONGER A THREAT.  
THUS...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2598 8016 2601 8014 2627 8038 2605 8052

$$

DG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 20, 2:54 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLMiami-Dade36 min
Sep 20, 4:30 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLMiami-Dade30 min
Sep 20, 5:01 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLCollier44 min

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.