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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2006, 2:08 PM EST for Broward County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 23, 2006, 3:08 PM EST. It was in force for 27 min. 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
- Mar 23, 2006, 2:08 PM EST (19:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2006, 3:08 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2006, 3:35 PM EST
- In force
- 27 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), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 3:09 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Coral Springs, FL | NWS SURVEY INDICATED LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ON BOTH SIDES OF ATLANTIC AVE AND CORAL RIDGE DRIVE |
| Mar 23, 3:10 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Coral Springs, FL | CORAL SPRINGS PD REPORTED DOWNED POWER LINE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY AND ATLANTIC BLVD |
| Mar 23, 3:10 PM EST | TORNADO | 12 Nw Fort Lauderdale, FL | PILOT REPORTED TORNADO 12 MI NORTHWEST FLL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 914 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMFL 232008 TORMFL FLC011-232115- /O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0003.060323T2008Z-060323T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 308 PM EDT THU MAR 23 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. * UNTIL 415 PM EST * AT 306 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CORAL SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CORAL SPRINGS BY 310 PM EDT. CORAL SPRINGS BY 320 PM 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. LAT...LON 2629 8031 2623 8031 2623 8024 2629 8024 $$ KOB
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KMFL 232015 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 315 PM EDT THU MAR 23 2006 FLC011-232115- /O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060323T2115Z/ BROWARD FL- 315 PM EDT THU MAR 23 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY... AT 306 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CORAL SPRINGS... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... COCONUT CREEK BY 320 PM EDT IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 2629 8031 2623 8031 2623 8021 2629 8021 $$ KOB
000 WWUS52 KMFL 232024 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 323 PM EDT THU MAR 23 2006 FLC011-232115- /O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060323T2115Z/ BROWARD FL- 323 PM EST THU MAR 23 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EST FOR NORTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY... AT 319 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MARGATE AND COCONUT CREEK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. 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. LAT...LON 2629 8031 2623 8031 2623 8021 2629 8021 $$ KOB
000 WWUS52 KMFL 232035 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 333 PM EDT THU MAR 23 2006 FLC011-232043- /O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060323T2115Z/ BROWARD FL- 333 PM EST THU MAR 23 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ADDTIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST BROWARD COUNTY AND SO THE THREAT FOR STRONG WINDS HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT THE CONTINUED THREAT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL. LAT...LON 2629 8031 2623 8031 2623 8021 2629 8021 $$ KOB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 11:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 88 min |
| Mar 23, 1:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 55 min |
| Mar 23, 1:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 56 min |
| Mar 23, 1:57 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Mar 23, 2:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 2:22 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 53 min | |
| Mar 23, 2:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Hendry, Palm Beach | 48 min |
| Mar 23, 2:57 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| Mar 23, 3:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 58 min |
| Mar 23, 3:28 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.