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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Miami, FL

February 28, 2007Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2007, 1:42 PM EST for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 48 min. 11 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: Feb 28, 2007, 1:42 PM EST (18:42 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2007, 2:30 PM EST
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Broward County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 28, 1:45 PM EST	HAIL 0.75	Margate, FL	TRAINED SPOTTER ID PB7021 REPORTED PENNY SIZED HAIL NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ROCK ISLAND RD AND GATEWAY.
Feb 28, 1:55 PM EST	HAIL 1	Fort Lauderdale, FL	QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED NEAR INTERSECTION OF COMMERCIAL BLVD AND US 441.
Feb 28, 1:55 PM EST	TORNADO	Tamarac, FL	REPORTED BY SPOTTER ID PB50609. SPOTTER SAW THE TORNADO OUTSIDE THE WINDOW NEAR PLEASANT HILL LANE.
Feb 28, 1:58 PM EST	HAIL 0.75	North Lauderdale, FL	PENNY SIZED HAIL INTERSECTION OF ROCK ISLAND RD AND MCNAB RD.
Feb 28, 2:00 PM EST	HAIL 1	Lauderdale Lakes, FL	REPORTED NEAR US 441 AND OAKLAND PARK BLVD.
Feb 28, 2:02 PM EST	HAIL 1	Fort Lauderdale, FL	SPOTTER ID BR166 REPORTED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER AT BROWARD AND ANDREWS.
Feb 28, 2:05 PM EST	HAIL 0.88	Fort Lauderdale, FL	HAIL REPORTED JUST NORTH OF FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT.
Feb 28, 2:06 PM EST	HAIL 0.88	Fort Lauderdale, FL	REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE BY SPOTTER BR220.
Feb 28, 2:10 PM EST	HAIL 1	Fort Lauderdale, FL	QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT 1799 SE 17TH STREET.
Feb 28, 2:10 PM EST	HAIL 1.75	Fort Lauderdale, FL	REPORTED AT A1A AND SUNRISE BLVD.
Feb 28, 2:13 PM EST	HAIL 1.5	Fort Lauderdale, FL	REPORTED NEAR DAVIE BLVD EAST OF I-95.

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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 47 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMFL 281842
TORMFL
FLC011-281930-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0001.070228T1842Z-070228T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
142 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 230 PM EST

* AT 140 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NORTH
  LAUDERDALE...OR ABOUT NEAR TAMARAC...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTH LAUDERDALE BY 140 PM EST.
  POMPANO BEACH BY 145 PM EST.
  LAUDERDALE LAKES BY 150 PM EST.
  OAKLAND PARK BY 155 PM EST.
  FORT LAUDERDALE BY 200 PM EST.
  FORT LAUDERDALE BY 205 PM EST.

LAT...LON 2628 8034 2634 8027 2631 8021 2631 8007
      2625 8011 2607 8011 2601 8024 2628 8037

$$

TINGLER

4 follow-up statements

000
WWUS52 KMFL 281849
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
147 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007

FLC011-281930-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070228T1930Z/
BROWARD FL-
147 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY...

AT 145 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH LAUDERDALE...OR ABOUT NEAR 
TAMARAC...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

AREAS ALONG THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
  LAUDERDALE LAKES AND LAUDERHILL 
  OAKLAND PARK AND SEA RANCH LAKES 
  FORT LAUDERDALE...WILTON MANORS AND LAUDERDALE  
  FORT LAUDERDALE AND INTERSECTION I-595 AND I-95
  PORT EVERGLADES 

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 2628 8034 2634 8027 2631 8021 2631 8007
      2625 8011 2607 8011 2601 8024 2628 8037

$$

TINGLER

000
WWUS52 KMFL 281906
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
203 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007

FLC011-281930-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070228T1930Z/
BROWARD FL-
203 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY...

AT 202 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR INTERSECTION I-595 AND I-95...OR ABOUT NEAR FORT 
LAUDERDALE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO THE POSSIBILITY OF A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE 
OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

TRAINED SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED PENNY TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN 
MARGATE AND FORT LAUDERDALE NEAR COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND 441. A 


LAT...LON 2628 8034 2634 8027 2631 8021 2631 8007
      2625 8011 2607 8011 2601 8024 2628 8037

$$

TINGLER

000
WWUS52 KMFL 281913
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
210 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007

FLC011-281930-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070228T1930Z/
BROWARD FL-
210 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY...

AT 206 PM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO IN 
TAMARAC AROUND 2 PM.  THE STORM THAT REMAINS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PORT EVERGLADES...OR ABOUT NEAR FORT 
LAUDERDALE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

LAT...LON 2628 8034 2634 8027 2631 8021 2631 8007
      2625 8011 2607 8011 2601 8024 2628 8037

$$

TINGLER

000
WWUS52 KMFL 281928
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
228 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007

FLC011-281936-
/O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070228T1930Z/
BROWARD FL-
228 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY EXPIRES AT 230
PM EST...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO HAS MOVED 
OUT OF THE COUNTY AND INTO THE COASTAL ATLANTIC WATERS. THUS THE 
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 2628 8034 2634 8027 2631 8021 2631 8007
      2625 8011 2607 8011 2601 8024 2628 8037

$$

TINGLER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 28, 8:08 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		52 min
Feb 28, 1:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward	53 min
Feb 28, 1:55 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		65 min
Feb 28, 2:58 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		35 min
Feb 28, 3:07 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		23 min
Feb 28, 3:26 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		35 min
Feb 28, 4:28 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.