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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Key West, FL
NWS Key West, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2007, 4:32 PM EDT for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 28 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 1, 2007, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2007, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Key West, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Monroe County, FL
The radar
The Key West radar (KBYX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 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 KKEY 012033 TORKEY FLC087-012100- /O.NEW.KKEY.TO.W.0004.070601T2032Z-070601T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 432 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MIDDLE KEYS IN MONROE COUNTY IN FLORIDA... * UNTIL 500 PM EDT * AT 431 PM EDT...RADAR DETECTED A WATERSPOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF LONG KEY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF MARATHON...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR LONG KEY BY 450 PM EDT... WATERSPOUTS THAT MOVE ONSHORE ARE DANGEROUS AND CAN BE DEADLY. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS 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. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST AT 3 0 5...2 9 5...1 3 1 6...EXTENSION 3. LAT...LON 2463 8082 2465 8072 2484 8077 2482 8087 $$ CB/FUTTERMAN
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KKEY 012044 SVSKEY SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 443 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007 FLC087-012100- /O.CON.KKEY.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070601T2100Z/ MIDDLE KEYS IN MONROE FL- 443 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR MIDDLE KEYS IN MONROE COUNTY... AT 439 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS APPROACHING LONG KEY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES EAST OF MARATHON...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAYTON. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 2463 8082 2465 8072 2484 8077 2482 8087 $$ CB/FUTTERMAN
000 WWUS52 KKEY 012100 SVSKEY SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 500 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007 FLC087-012108- /O.EXP.KKEY.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070601T2100Z/ MIDDLE KEYS IN MONROE FL- 500 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MIDDLE KEYS IN MONROE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 500 PM EDT... KEY WEST RADAR NOW INDICATES THAT THE TORNADO HAS WEAKENED. THERE ARE NO OTHER SIGNATURES ON RADAR...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. LAT...LON 2463 8082 2465 8072 2484 8077 2482 8087 $$ CB/FUTTERMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Key West, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 11:03 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 57 min | |
| Jun 1, 11:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 65 min | |
| Jun 1, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 63 min | |
| Jun 1, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 63 min |
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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.