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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Miami, FL

May 6, 2007Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2007, 5:47 PM EDT for Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 43 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: May 6, 2007, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2007, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Broward County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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 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

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 235 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: 1889 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 3.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMFL 062152
TORMFL
FLC011-099-062230-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0003.070506T2147Z-070506T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
547 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
  SOUTH CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 547 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF PARKLAND...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF CORAL
  SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  AREAS JUST WEST OF THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY.
  ALONG AND JUST EAST OF U.S. 27.

LARGE HAIL OF GOLF BALL TO BASEBALL SIZE AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 
70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY AND IN 
PARKLAND...CORAL SPRINGS...TAMARAC...SUNRISE...AND THE SURROUNDING 
AREAS...HOWEVER THE TORNADO SHOULD REMAIN JUST WEST OF THE SAWGRASS 
EXPRESSWAY.

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.

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 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2648 8021 2651 8039 2641 8048 2617 8051
      2612 8023 2634 8021

$$

STRASSBERG

1 follow-up statement

000
WWUS52 KMFL 062214
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
613 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007

FLC099-062223-
/O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070506T2230Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
613 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007

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

THE STORM HAS EXITED THE COUNTY AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2633 8022 2633 8040 2630 8043 2617 8051
      2611 8022 2633 8022

$$

FLC011-062230-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070506T2230Z/
BROWARD FL-
613 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY...

AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF CORAL
SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  9 MILES WEST OF MARGATE BY 620 PM EDT...
  TAMARAC AND 8 MILES WEST OF NORTH LAUDERDALE BY 625 PM EDT...
  SUNRISE BY 630 PM EDT...

THIS TORNADO WILL APPROACH THE AREA NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 
INTERSTATES 595 AND 75 IN THE NEXT 20 TO 25 MINUTES. IF ON THESE 
ROADS...SEEK SHELTER NOW 

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OVER 70 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2633 8022 2633 8040 2630 8043 2617 8051
      2611 8022 2633 8022

$$

STRASSBERG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 9:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Glades	37 min
May 6, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Collier	45 min
May 6, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Palm Beach	45 min
May 6, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Collier, Hendry	36 min
May 6, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward, Palm Beach	45 min
May 6, 5:32 PM EDT	Marine Weather Statement	MFL		88 min
May 6, 5:33 PM EDT	High Surf Advisory	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach	62 hr
May 6, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Palm Beach	67 min
May 6, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		63 min
May 6, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Glades	30 min
May 6, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward, Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach	61 min
May 6, 6:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Palm Beach	33 min
May 6, 6:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Broward	48 min
May 6, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		37 min
May 6, 6:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Hendry	57 min
May 6, 6:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Broward	32 min
May 6, 7:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Broward, Collier, Hendry, Palm Beach	53 min
May 6, 7:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Miami-Dade	35 min
May 6, 7:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade	38 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.