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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2008, 7:01 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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
- Jun 17, 2008, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2008, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 1437 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 911 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 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 172301 TORMFL FLC011-172330- /O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0023.080617T2301Z-080617T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 701 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. * UNTIL 730 PM EDT * AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR INTERSECTION ALLIGATOR ALLEY AND MIAMI CANAL...MOVING EAST AT 13 MPH. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... INTERSECTION ALLIGATOR ALLEY AND MIAMI CANAL... MILE MARKER 30 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. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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. LAT...LON 2625 8045 2607 8045 2614 8069 2622 8068 TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 274DEG 12KT 2616 8063 $$ GREGORIA
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KMFL 172323 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 723 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2008 FLC011-172333- /O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080617T2330Z/ BROWARD FL- 723 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO HAS DISSIPATED. THUS THE TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM EDT. LAT...LON 2625 8045 2607 8045 2614 8069 2622 8068 TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 274DEG 12KT 2615 8055 $$ GREGORIA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 11:30 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 30 min | |
| Jun 17, 1:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 53 min | |
| Jun 17, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 54 min | |
| Jun 17, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 7:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Hendry | 66 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.