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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Key West, FL
NWS Key West, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2007, 11:58 PM EDT for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 21 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, 11:58 PM EDT (03:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2007, 12:19 AM EDT
- In force
- 21 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), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 11:32 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 1516 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 10.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KKEY 020402 TORKEY FLC087-020430- /O.NEW.KKEY.TO.W.0006.070602T0358Z-070602T0430Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 1158 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... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MARATHON... * UNTIL 1230 AM EDT * AT 1150 PM EDT...A WATERSPOUT WAS 7 MILES SOUTH OF MARATHON...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...MARATHON BY 1205 AM EDT... 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2450 8114 2447 8091 2502 8085 2498 8109 $$ FUTTERMAN
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KKEY 020419 SVSKEY SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 1217 AM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007 FLC087-020427- /O.CAN.KKEY.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070602T0430Z/ MIDDLE KEYS IN MONROE FL- 1217 AM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MIDDLE KEYS IN MONROE COUNTY IS CANCELED... KEY WEST RADAR IS NO LONGER DETECTING POSSIBLE ROTATION OVER MARATHON AND THE MIDDLE KEYS...HOWEVER A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. LAT...LON 2450 8114 2447 8091 2502 8085 2498 8109 $$ FUTTERMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Key West, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | KEY | Monroe | 37 min |
| 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 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.