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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Miami, FL

July 2, 2007Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 2007, 6:09 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 37 min. 2 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: Jul 2, 2007, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2007, 6:46 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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
Jul 2, 6:30 PM EDT	HAIL 0.25	5 Wsw Royal Palm Beach, FL	ON DEER RUN RD NEAR LION COUNTY SAFARI
Jul 2, 6:30 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 W Royal Palm Beach, FL	VIDEO OF APPARENT EF0 TORNADO SEEN ON WPTV CHANNEL 5 WEST PALM BEACH WEB SITE.

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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 81 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: 2310 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMFL 022213
TORMFL
FLC099-022300-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0014.070702T2209Z-070702T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
609 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 609 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF 
  LION COUNTRY SAFARI...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. A SECOND SEVERE      
  THUNDERSTORM ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER  
  SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF LOXAHATCHEE WILDLIFE REFUGE...DRIFTING TO THE 
  SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

  THESE STORMS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND    
  DAMAGING WINDS.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

  LION COUNTRY SAFARI
  NORTH PALM BEACH GENERAL AIRPORT

  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OVER NORTHERN 
PARTS OF LOXAHATCHEE WILDLIFE REFUGE WITH THE NORTHERN STORM.

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.

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.

LAT...LON 2633 8042 2634 8020 2688 8019 2686 8049

$$

STRASSBERG

1 follow-up statement

000
WWUS52 KMFL 022246
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
645 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2007

FLC099-022255-
/O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070702T2300Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
645 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE 
WEAKENED...AND IS LIKELY NO LONGER TORNADIC. THUS THE TORNADO 
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO
50 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.

LAT...LON 2633 8042 2634 8020 2688 8019 2686 8049

$$

STRASSBERG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		87 min
Jul 2, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Glades, Hendry	44 min
Jul 2, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward	24 min
Jul 2, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		57 min
Jul 2, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		56 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.