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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Key West, FL

June 1, 2007Monroe County, Florida

NWS Key West, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2007, 8:08 PM EDT for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 37 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, 8:08 PM EDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2007, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Key West, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Monroe County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2007-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 224 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 2007-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
224 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
357 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KKEY 020012
TORKEY
FLC087-020045-
/O.NEW.KKEY.TO.W.0005.070602T0008Z-070602T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
808 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  UPPER KEYS IN MONROE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 804 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A WATERSPOUT ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLANTATION KEY...MOVING
  NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PLANTATION KEY TO TAVERNIER IN MONROE COUNTY AT 830 PM EDT

BE ESPECIALLY ALERT BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 90 TO 95.

WATERSPOUTS THAT MOVE ONSHORE ARE DANGEROUS AND CAN BE DEADLY. IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

STAY IN A SAFE BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 

LAT...LON 2477 8048 2481 8039 2518 8060 2514 8072

$$
CB
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KKEY 020033
SVSKEY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
829 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007

FLC087-020045-
/O.CON.KKEY.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070602T0045Z/
UPPER KEYS IN MONROE FL-
829 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR UPPER
KEYS IN MONROE COUNTY...

AT 826 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING ACROSS 
THE ISLANDS BETWEEN PLANTATION KEY AND TAVERNIES.

REMAIN IN A SAFE BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 

LAT...LON 2477 8048 2481 8039 2518 8060 2514 8072

$$
CB
000 
WWUS52 KKEY 020045
SVSKEY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
844 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007

FLC087-020054-
/O.EXP.KKEY.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070602T0045Z/
UPPER KEYS IN MONROE FL-
844 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR UPPER KEYS IN MONROE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 845
PM EDT...

THE POSSIBLE TORNADO THAT WAS DETECTED BY DOPPLER RADAR HAS MOVED 
OVER FLORIDA BAY WATERS AND IS HEADING NORTH-NORTHWEST OVER WATERS 
OF FLORIDA BAY. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
FLORIDA BAY. 


LAT...LON 2477 8048 2481 8039 2518 8060 2514 8072

$$

CB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 9:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY58 min
Jun 1, 9:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY61 min
Jun 1, 10:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY73 min
Jun 1, 10:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY63 min
Jun 1, 11:58 PM EDTTornado WarningKEYMonroe21 min
Jun 2, 12:12 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY19 min
Jun 2, 12:40 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY65 min
Jun 2, 1:20 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY25 min
Jun 2, 1:45 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY60 min
Jun 2, 9:01 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY59 min
Jun 2, 9:56 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY64 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.