Tornado Warning 35, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Aug 18, 2008, 10:01 PM EDT (02:01 UTC)

Expired

Aug 18, 2008, 10:15 PM EDT

In force

14 min

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Broward County, FL

The Miami radar (KAMX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS52 KMFL 190201
TORMFL
FLC011-190215-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0035.080819T0201Z-080819T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1001 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 957 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MIRAMAR...
  MOVING NORTHWEST AT 32 MPH.


* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MIRAMAR...
  PEMBROKE PINES...
  INTERSECTION U.S. 27 PINES BLVD...
  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.

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

LAT...LON 2597 8030 2596 8030 2596 8045 2615 8068
      2616 8041 2597 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 145DEG 28KT 2597 8035

$$

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.