Tornado Warning 38, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Aug 19, 2008, 1:02 AM EDT (05:02 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2008, 1:30 AM EDT

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Palm Beach County, FL

The Miami radar (KAMX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

000 
WFUS52 KMFL 190502
TORMFL
FLC099-190530-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0038.080819T0502Z-080819T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
102 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 130 AM EDT

* AT 1258 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DELRAY
  BEACH...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 48 MPH.


* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DELRAY BEACH...
  VILLAGE OF GOLF...
  LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...
  GREENACRES CITY...
  WELLINGTON...
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD TO
SEE. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT
MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR
HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR
REINFORCED SHELTER. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2655 8004 2645 8005 2643 8006 2640 8006
      2639 8006 2638 8007 2666 8049 2672 8011
      2655 8003
TIME...MOT...LOC 0502Z 143DEG 42KT 2644 8006

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.