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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Miami, FL

May 6, 2007Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2007, 6:58 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2007, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Broward County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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

Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 228 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: 830 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMFL 062300
TORMFL
FLC011-062330-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0007.070506T2258Z-070506T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
658 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.

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 654 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES NORTH
  OF MILE MARKER 30 ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF CORAL SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  OKEECHOBEE ROAD FROM THE PALM BEACH COUNTY LINE TO I-75
  INTERSECTION I-75 AND U.S. 27 AT AROUND 7:25 PM EDT

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.

DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO IN YOUR CAR. IF YOU SEE A 
TORNADO...SEEK COVER IN A DITCH OR CULVERT AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

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 IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. 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 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2634 8041 2628 8037 2622 8037 2619 8034
      2619 8041 2616 8044 2613 8057 2634 8057

$$

GREGORIA

2 follow-up statements

000
WWUS52 KMFL 062313
SVSMFL

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

FLC011-062330-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070506T2330Z/
BROWARD FL-
711 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY...

AT 707 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF MILE
MARKER 30 ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF CORAL
SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  OKEECHOBEE ROAD BETWEEN I-75 TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF THE PALM BEACH LINE
  MILE MARKER 30 ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY BY 730 PM EDT...

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 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2634 8041 2628 8037 2622 8037 2619 8034
      2619 8041 2616 8044 2613 8057 2634 8057

$$

GREGORIA

000
WWUS52 KMFL 062328
SVSMFL

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

FLC011-062338-
/O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070506T2330Z/
BROWARD FL-
728 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY EXPIRES AT
730 PM EDT...

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

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

LAT...LON 2634 8041 2628 8037 2622 8037 2619 8034
      2619 8041 2616 8044 2613 8057 2634 8057

$$

GREGORIA

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, 5:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Broward, Palm Beach	43 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, 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.