Tornado Warning 48, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Aug 19, 2008, 5:00 AM EDT (09:00 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2008, 5:30 AM EDT

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Hendry County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The Miami radar (KAMX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WFUS52 KMFL 190900
TORMFL
FLC051-099-190930-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0048.080819T0900Z-080819T0930Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
  NORTHEASTERN HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 530 AM EDT

* AT 456 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OKEELANTA...MOVING NORTHWEST 
  AT 34 MPH.


* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  OKEELANTA...
  SOUTH BAY...
  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 800 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2678 8072 2675 8071 2676 8069 2657 8058
      2643 8071 2675 8105 2677 8102 2677 8095
      2678 8094 2673 8084 2671 8082 2671 8078
      2669 8074 2672 8073 2677 8075 2679 8073
TIME...MOT...LOC 0900Z 145DEG 29KT 2656 8066

$$

DG

000
WWUS52 KMFL 190918
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
518 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

FLC051-099-190930-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-080819T0930Z/
HENDRY FL-PALM BEACH FL-
518 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL PALM BEACH AND NORTHEASTERN HENDRY COUNTIES...

AT 514 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH BAY...MOVING 
NORTHWEST AT 33 MPH.

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 800 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2675 8071 2675 8069 2665 8068 2653 8081
      2675 8105 2677 8102 2677 8095 2678 8094
      2673 8084 2671 8082 2671 8078 2669 8074
      2672 8073 2677 8075 2679 8073
TIME...MOT...LOC 0918Z 145DEG 29KT 2665 8077

$$

DG

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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.