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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Miami, FL

June 20, 2006Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2006, 2:30 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 45 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
Jun 20, 2006, 2:30 PM EDT (18:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2006, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 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 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 2006-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2024 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 2006-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 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
2024 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
774 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 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 201831
TORMFL
FLC099-201915-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0005.060620T1830Z-060620T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
230 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 227 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR SOUTH
  BAY...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SOUTH BAY.
  OKEELANTA.

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 2658 8058 2676 8061 2670 8087 2651 8086

$$
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMFL 201915
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
315 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006

FLC099-201923-
/O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060620T1915Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
315 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY HAS EXPIRED
AT 315 PM EDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL 
PALM BEACH COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO
WARNING WILL BE ALLOW TO EXPIRED FOR WEST CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY.

LAT...LON 2658 8058 2676 8061 2670 8087 2651 8086

$$

BAXTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLHendry33 min
Jun 20, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLMiami-Dade29 min
Jun 20, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier47 min
Jun 20, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL86 min
Jun 20, 7:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL50 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.