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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Miami, FL

February 3, 2006Miami-Dade County, Monroe County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 3, 2006, 9:22 PM EST for Miami-Dade County, Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 23 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
Feb 3, 2006, 9:22 PM EST (02:22 UTC)
Expired
Feb 3, 2006, 9:45 PM EST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Miami-Dade County, FL, Monroe County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:24 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 2006-02-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 566 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 2006-02-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
566 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1131 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMFL 040223
TORMFL
FLC086-087-040245-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0002.060204T0222Z-060204T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
922 PM EST FRI FEB 3 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
  NORTH CENTRAL MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 945 PM EST

* AT 919 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LOOP ROAD
  EDUCATION CENTER...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONROE STATION...
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LOOP ROAD EDUCATION CENTER
  FORTYMILE BEND
  MICCOSUKEE INDIAN VILLAGE

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.

LAT...LON 2575 8100 2565 8094 2564 8056 2589 8067

$$

DG
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMFL 040244
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
944 PM EST FRI FEB 3 2006

FLC086-087-040254-
/O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060204T0245Z/
MAINLAND MONROE FL-MIAMI-DADE FL-
944 PM EST FRI FEB 3 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE AND NORTH CENTRAL
MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 945 PM EST...

AT 944 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
CIRCULATION WITHIN THE THUNDERSTORM NEAR FORTYMILE BEND HAD 
WEAKENED. THUS...THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 2575 8100 2565 8094 2564 8056 2589 8067

$$

DG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 3, 7:47 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL58 min
Feb 3, 11:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade51 min
Feb 4, 12:17 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL58 min
Feb 4, 12:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward17 min
Feb 4, 1:09 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL66 min
Feb 4, 1:54 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL51 min
Feb 4, 8:13 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL62 min
Feb 4, 9:00 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 min
Feb 4, 10:21 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier, Hendry24 min
Feb 4, 11:05 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL85 min
Feb 4, 1:09 PM ESTMarine Weather StatementMFL51 min
Feb 4, 3:18 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL57 min
Feb 4, 4:09 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 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.