Tornado Warning 34, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Aug 18, 2008, 9:45 PM EDT (01:45 UTC)

Expired

Aug 18, 2008, 10:00 PM EDT

In force

15 min

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Collier County, FL

The Miami radar (KAMX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS52 KMFL 190145
TORMFL
FLC021-190200-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0034.080819T0145Z-080819T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
945 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 943 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 29
  MPH. 


* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE...
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
  I-75 AT COLLIER COUNTY REST AREA.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2626 8100 2626 8097 2612 8087 2612 8088
      2601 8088 2593 8096 2612 8128
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 134DEG 25KT 2606 8097

$$

GARCIA

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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.