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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2007, 9:11 AM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 19 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
- Jun 18, 2007, 9:11 AM EDT (13:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2007, 9:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 19 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), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 9:20 AM EDT | TORNADO | Miami Beach, FL | WATERSPOUT MOVED ONSHORE MIAMI BEACH NEAR 10TH STREET, ACROSS THE BEACH AND OCEAN DRIVE INTO LUMMUS PARK WHERE IT DISSIPATED. BEACH CHAIRS WERE BLOWN AROUND. |
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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 3293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 506 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 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 181313 TORMFL FLC086-181330- /O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0013.070618T1311Z-070618T1330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 911 AM EDT MON JUN 18 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME EAST CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. * UNTIL 930 AM EDT * AT 906 AM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A WATERSPOUT OVER BISCAYNE BAY WHICH MAY AFFECT MIAMI BEACH TO VIRGINIA KEY AREAS. THIS TORNADO WILL MOVE EAST AT 5 MPH. SOUTH FLORIDA TORNADOES MAY AT TIMES BE SMALL AND NARROW BUT THEY ARE STILL DANGEROUS. THEY CAN EASILY FLIP A VEHICLE OR TRAILER OR CAUSE LARGE TREES TO FALL. TAKE COVER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. LAT...LON 2568 8014 2584 8011 2583 8014 2568 8019 $$ GR
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KMFL 181328 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 928 AM EDT MON JUN 18 2007 FLC086-181338- /O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070618T1330Z/ MIAMI-DADE FL- 928 AM EDT MON JUN 18 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 930 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO HAS DISSIPATED. THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 2568 8014 2584 8011 2583 8014 2568 8019 $$ GR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 9:03 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 57 min | |
| Jun 18, 5:17 PM EDT | Marine Weather Statement | MFL | 58 min | |
| Jun 18, 7:04 PM EDT | Marine Weather Statement | MFL | 56 min | |
| Jun 18, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 67 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.