Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2008, 7:49 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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
- Apr 6, 2008, 7:49 PM EDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2008, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 698 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMFL 062349 TORMFL FLC011-070015- /O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0020.080406T2349Z-080407T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 749 PM EDT SUN APR 6 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 748 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WEST BROWARD REC. AREA ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 11 MPH. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WEST BROWARD REC. AREA ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY... AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. 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. 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. LAT...LON 2631 8070 2621 8056 2607 8077 2611 8082 TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 216DEG 10KT 2613 8076 $$ TINGLER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KMFL 070007 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 806 PM EDT SUN APR 6 2008 FLC011-070015- /O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-080407T0015Z/ BROWARD FL- 806 PM EDT SUN APR 6 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY... AT 803 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF WEST BROWARD REC. AREA ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 11 MPH. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI DIRECTLY AT 305.229.4528 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 2612 8070 2615 8078 2631 8070 2621 8056 TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 216DEG 10KT 2617 8073 $$ TINGLER
000 WWUS52 KMFL 070013 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 813 PM EDT SUN APR 6 2008 FLC011-070023- /O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-080407T0015Z/ BROWARD FL- 813 PM EDT SUN APR 6 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM EDT AS THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING IS WEAKENING... LAT...LON 2612 8070 2615 8078 2631 8070 2621 8056 TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 216DEG 10KT 2618 8072 $$ TINGLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 12:13 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 min | |
| Apr 6, 12:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 30 min |
| Apr 6, 12:51 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 54 min | |
| Apr 6, 1:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry | 29 min |
| Apr 6, 1:43 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 min | |
| Apr 6, 1:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Collier, Hendry, Monroe, Palm Beach | 54 min |
| Apr 6, 2:08 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Collier, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:43 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 min | |
| Apr 6, 2:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Monroe, Palm Beach | 52 min |
| Apr 6, 3:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach | 51 min |
| Apr 6, 3:51 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 54 min | |
| Apr 6, 4:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 35 min | |
| Apr 6, 4:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 24 min |
| Apr 6, 4:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 61 min | |
| Apr 6, 4:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 52 min |
| Apr 6, 5:48 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 57 min | |
| Apr 6, 6:46 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 59 min | |
| Apr 6, 7:45 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 45 min | |
| Apr 6, 3:44 PM EDT | Marine Weather Statement | MFL | 4 hr | |
| Apr 6, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 30 min |
| Apr 6, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 35 min |
| Apr 6, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 29 min |
| Apr 6, 5:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 20 min |
| Apr 6, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 56 min |
| Apr 6, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 28 min |
| Apr 6, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 23 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.