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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2006, 3:23 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 52 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
- Jun 27, 2006, 3:23 PM EDT (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2006, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 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), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 3:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Hialeah, FL | OFF-DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL IN THE HIALEAH/MIAMI SPRINGS AREA. |
| Jun 27, 4:00 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Coral Gables, FL | PENNY SIZE HAIL OBSERVED ON SOUTH PERIMETER OF MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...MIA. REPORTS OF LARGE TREE LIMBS AND SMALL ROAD SIGNS BLOWN DOWN IN AREA BETWEEN MIA AND CORAL GABLES. |
| Jun 27, 4:25 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Coral Gables, FL | PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT BILTMORE HOTEL. |
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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 5 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
- 1374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 960 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMFL 271923 TORMFL FLC086-272015- /O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0006.060627T1923Z-060627T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 323 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. * UNTIL 415 PM EDT * AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MIAMI SPRINGS...OR ABOUT NEAR HIALEAH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MIAMI SPRINGS. WEST MIAMI. LIBERTY CITY. LITTLE HAITI. CORAL GABLES. ORANGE BOWL. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. 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 305.229.4528 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 2590 8027 2581 8037 2562 8019 2586 8012 $$ BAXTER
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KMFL 271956 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 353 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006 FLC086-272015- /O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060627T2015Z/ MIAMI-DADE FL- 353 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY... AT 348 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD NEAR MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THE WALL CLOUD CAN PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANYTIME AND WILL BE NEAR... LITTLE HAVANA...ORANGE BOWL...DOWNTOWN MIAMI AND CORAL GABLES. DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 2590 8027 2581 8037 2562 8019 2586 8012 $$ BAXTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 28 min |
| Jun 27, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 25 min |
| Jun 27, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 min | |
| Jun 27, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Hendry, Palm Beach | 36 min |
| Jun 27, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 60 min | |
| Jun 27, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Hendry | 49 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.