Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Key West, FL
NWS Key West, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 29, 2008, 4:00 PM EDT for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 14 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
- Sep 29, 2008, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2008, 4:14 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Key West, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Monroe County, FL
The radar
The Key West radar (KBYX), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 3 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
- 928 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 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 KKEY 292000
TORKEY
FLC087-292030-
/O.NEW.KKEY.TO.W.0016.080929T2000Z-080929T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
400 PM EDT MON SEP 29 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LOWER KEYS IN MONROE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITY OF KEY WEST...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 354 PM EDT...A WATERSPOUT WAS REPORTED TO BE MOVING ONSHORE NEAR
KEY WEST...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 9 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL LOWER KEYS IN MONROE COUNTY AT 410 PM EDT
WATERSPOUTS THAT MOVE ONSHORE ARE DANGEROUS AND CAN BE DEADLY. IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY
LAT...LON 2460 8180 2459 8178 2457 8178 2459 8173
2457 8172 2459 8171 2461 8170 2456 8167
2455 8171 2456 8172 2454 8181
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 057DEG 8KT 2458 8180
$$
BS1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KKEY 292014
SVSKEY
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
414 PM EDT MON SEP 29 2008
FLC087-292025-
/O.CAN.KKEY.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080929T2030Z/
LOWER KEYS IN MONROE FL-
414 PM EDT MON SEP 29 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LOWER KEYS IN MONROE COUNTY IS CANCELED...
THE WATERSPOUT...WHICH MOVED ONSHORE IN KEY WEST OVER THE COAST
GUARD SECTOR KEY WEST BUILDING...HAS PASSED WEST OF KEY WEST AND
DISSIPATED. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR THE LOWER KEYS IN
MONROE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED.
LAT...LON 2460 8180 2459 8178 2457 8178 2459 8173
2457 8172 2459 8171 2461 8170 2456 8167
2455 8171 2456 8172 2454 8181
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 057DEG 8KT 2457 8182
$$
BSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Key West, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 30 min | |
| Sep 29, 1:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 13 min | |
| Sep 29, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.