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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Key West, FL
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 9:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 58 min | |
| Jun 1, 9:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 61 min | |
| Jun 1, 10:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 73 min | |
| Jun 1, 10:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 63 min | |
| Jun 1, 11:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | KEY | Monroe | 21 min |
| Jun 2, 12:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 19 min | |
| Jun 2, 12:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 65 min | |
| Jun 2, 1:20 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 25 min | |
| Jun 2, 1:45 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 60 min | |
| Jun 2, 9:01 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 59 min | |
| Jun 2, 9:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 64 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.