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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Miami, FL

June 1, 2007Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2007, 11:07 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 53 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, 11:07 PM EDT (03:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2007, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
53 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), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 40 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 KMFL 020310
TORMFL
FLC086-020400-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0011.070602T0307Z-070602T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1107 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT

* AT 1105 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER CENTRAL  MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF HOMESTEAD...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
  RURAL NORTHERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

THIS STORM WILL LIKELY CROSS HIGHWAY 41 BY 1130 PM.

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS.
GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 2550 8068 2552 8052 2593 8059 2593 8079

$$

KOB
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KMFL 020320
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1119 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007

FLC086-020400-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070602T0400Z/
MIAMI-DADE FL-
1119 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR CENTRAL
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...

AT 1116 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOMESTEAD...MOVING NORTH AT
25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.

THE TORNADO WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 41 BY 1130 PM.

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.

LAT...LON 2550 8068 2552 8052 2593 8059 2593 8079

$$

KOB
000
WWUS52 KMFL 020401
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1200 AM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007

FLC086-020410-
/O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070602T0400Z/
MIAMI-DADE FL-
1200 AM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY EXPIRES AT
MIDNIGHT EDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO HAS
DISSIPATED. THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2550 8068 2552 8052 2593 8059 2593 8079

$$

KOB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 10:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL91 min
Jun 1, 11:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL65 min
Jun 2, 12:17 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL58 min
Jun 2, 12:17 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL58 min
Jun 2, 1:16 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL59 min
Jun 2, 2:17 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL118 min
Jun 2, 4:15 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Jun 2, 6:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL113 min
Jun 2, 6:32 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL88 min
Jun 2, 7:52 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL113 min
Jun 2, 9:58 AM EDTMarine Weather StatementMFL92 min
Jun 2, 10:19 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL86 min
Jun 2, 10:19 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL86 min
Jun 2, 11:19 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL56 min
Jun 2, 12:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Jun 2, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL61 min
Jun 2, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL35 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.