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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Miami, FL

June 17, 2008Broward County, Florida

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.

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.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2008-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1437 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 11:30 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL30 min
Jun 17, 1:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade2 hr
Jun 17, 1:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward35 min
Jun 17, 2:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach28 min
Jun 17, 2:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL53 min
Jun 17, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL54 min
Jun 17, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry42 min
Jun 17, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach46 min
Jun 17, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward34 min
Jun 17, 7:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLHendry66 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.