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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Miami, FL
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.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2:03 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Nne Miami Beach, FL | MIAMI 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.
- 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
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
$$
TINGLER1 follow-up statement
836
WWUS52 KMFL 131816
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
215 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008
FLC086-131825-
/O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080613T1815Z/
MIAMI-DADE FL-
215 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE SMALL AND WEAK WATERSPOUT AT MIAMI BEACH NEAR 64TH STREET HAS
DISSIPATED AND THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED.
LAT...LON 2581 8011 2581 8014 2586 8015 2587 8013
2588 8013 2590 8013 2590 8015 2592 8015
2593 8011 2582 8011
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 135DEG 5KT 2587 8013
$$
TINGLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 11 min | |
| Jun 13, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 64 min |
| Jun 13, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 54 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.