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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2007, 8:16 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report 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
- May 6, 2007, 8:16 PM EDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2007, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Miami-Dade County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 8:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | University Of Miami, FL | CONCRETE TABLES BLOWN OVER ON CAMPUS. SEVERAL CHAIRS BLOWN OVER AND RIPPED APART. STANDING WATER OF FIVE INCHES IN PARKING LOT FROM HEAVY RAINFALL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1020 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 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 KMFL 070017 TORMFL FLC086-070115- /O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0010.070507T0016Z-070507T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 816 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. * UNTIL 915 PM EDT * AT 812 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF MICCOSUKEE RESORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MICCOSUKEE RESORT BY 835 PM EDT INTERSECTION KROME AND KENDALL DRIVE BY 845 PM EDT THE HAMMOCKS BY 850 PM EDT METRO ZOO BY 855 PM EDT THE REDLAND BY 900 PM EDT AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR COULD POSSIBLY DEVELOP ANYTIME. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2594 8064 2583 8076 2526 8054 2576 8023 $$ BAXTER
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KMFL 070024 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 821 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007 FLC086-070115- /O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070507T0115Z/ MIAMI-DADE FL- 821 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR EASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY... AT 816 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF MICCOSUKEE RESORT...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MIRAMAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RADAR SHOWS VERY STRONG ROTATION IN THIS STORM...SO THERE IS LIKELY A TORNADO THE TORNADO WILL CROSS TAMIAMI TRAIL AT 9 MILES WEST OF THE MICCOSUKEE RESORT. THE TORNADO WILL ALSO BE NEAR... INTERSECTION KROME AND KENDALL DRIVE BY 845 PM EDT... KENDALL LAKES BY 850 PM EDT... THE HAMMOCKS...WEST KENDALL AND WESTWOOD LAKES BY 855 PM EDT... COUNTRY WALK...METRO ZOO...INLIKITA AND KENDALL BY 900 PM EDT... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2594 8064 2583 8076 2526 8054 2576 8023 $$ DG
000 WWUS52 KMFL 070037 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 836 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007 FLC086-070115- /O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070507T0115Z/ MIAMI-DADE FL- 836 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR EASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY... AT 833 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF MICCOSUKEE RESORT...OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF KENDALL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... INTERSECTION KROME AND KENDALL DRIVE BY 845 PM EDT... KENDALL LAKES BY 850 PM EDT... THE HAMMOCKS AND WEST KENDALL BY 855 PM EDT... COUNTRY WALK...INLIKITA AND METRO ZOO BY 900 PM EDT... RICHMOND HEIGHTS AND THE FALLS BY 905 PM EDT... GOULDS BY 910 PM EDT... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. 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. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2594 8064 2583 8076 2526 8054 2576 8023 $$ BAXTER
000 WWUS52 KMFL 070056 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 855 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007 FLC086-070115- /O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070507T0115Z/ MIAMI-DADE FL- 855 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL EASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY... AT 850 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR INLIKITA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF HOMESTEAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... METRO ZOO AND RICHMOND HEIGHTS BY 900 PM EDT... GOULDS...NARANJA...SOUTH MIAMI HEIGHTS AND CUTLER BAY BY 905 PM EDT... PRINCETON AND BLACK PT BY 910 PM EDT... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. 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. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2567 8046 2561 8053 2530 8047 2565 8026 $$ BAXTER
000 WWUS52 KMFL 070110 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 909 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007 FLC086-070115- /O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070507T0115Z/ MIAMI-DADE FL- 909 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR EASTERN CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY... AT 905 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR INLIKITA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF HOMESTEAD HAS DISSIPATED. HOWEVER...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS DEVELOPING NEAR RICHMOND HEIGHTS...OR ABOUT NEAR KENDALL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BLACK PT AND 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF PRINCETON BY 915 PM EDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. 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. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2567 8046 2561 8053 2530 8047 2565 8026 $$ BAXTER
000 WWUS52 KMFL 070120 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 918 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007 FLC086-070128- /O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070507T0115Z/ MIAMI-DADE FL- 918 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL EASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 915 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND INTO BISCAYNE BAY. THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRED. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN AROUND BLACK POINT. LIGHTNING STRIKES... SMALL HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE STILL POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2567 8046 2561 8053 2530 8047 2565 8026 $$ BAXTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier, Monroe | 29 min |
| May 6, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 26 min | |
| May 6, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 66 min |
| May 6, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 43 min | |
| May 6, 8:55 PM EDT | Marine Weather Statement | MFL | 35 min | |
| May 6, 9:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| May 6, 11:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 65 min | |
| May 7, 12:17 AM EDT | Marine Weather Statement | MFL | 31 hr | |
| May 7, 1:55 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 16 hr |
| May 7, 10:16 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 29 hr |
| May 7, 3:41 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFL | 11 hr | |
| May 7, 3:41 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Collier | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.