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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Miami, FL

June 13, 2008Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2008, 2:02 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 13 min. 1 report 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
Jun 13, 2008, 2:02 PM EDT (18:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2008, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
13 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 2:03 PM EDTTORNADO3 Nne Miami Beach, FLMIAMI BEACH POLICE OFFICER REPORTED A WATER SPOUT MOVING ONSHORE NEAR 64 STREET. WATER SPOUT LIKELY DISSIPATED AS IT REACHED THE SHORELINE WITH NO DAMAGE REPORTED.

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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 17 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2008-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1892 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2008-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1892 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
730 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 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 131803
TORMFL
FLC086-131815-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0022.080613T1802Z-080613T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
202 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT

* AT 158 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A TORNADO NEAR MIAMI BEACH...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 11 MPH.


THE PUBLIC REPORTED A WATERSPOUT MOVING ONSHORE AT MIAMI BEACH.

SOUTH FLORIDA TORNADOES MAY AT TIMES BE SMALL AND NARROW BUT THEY ARE
STILL DANGEROUS. THEY CAN EASILY FLIP A VEHICLE OR TRAILER OR CAUSE
LARGE TREES TO FALL. TAKE COVER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 2581 8011 2581 8014 2586 8015 2587 8013
      2588 8013 2590 8013 2590 8015 2592 8015
      2593 8011 2582 8011
TIME...MOT...LOC 1802Z 140DEG 9KT 2586 8011

$$

TINGLER
1 follow-up statement
836 
WWUS52 KMFL 131816
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
215 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008

FLC086-131825-
/O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080613T1815Z/
MIAMI-DADE FL-
215 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

THE SMALL AND WEAK WATERSPOUT AT MIAMI BEACH NEAR 64TH STREET HAS 
DISSIPATED AND THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED.

LAT...LON 2581 8011 2581 8014 2586 8015 2587 8013
      2588 8013 2590 8013 2590 8015 2592 8015
      2593 8011 2582 8011
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 135DEG 5KT 2587 8013

$$

TINGLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL11 min
Jun 13, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe64 min
Jun 13, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry54 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.