Tornado Warning 50, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Aug 19, 2008, 5:07 AM EDT (09:07 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2008, 5:30 AM EDT

In force

23 min

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Palm Beach County, FL

The Miami radar (KAMX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS52 KMFL 190907
TORMFL
FLC099-190930-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0050.080819T0907Z-080819T0930Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 530 AM EDT

* AT 505 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER DELRAY BEACH...MOVING NORTH AT 41 MPH.


* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DELRAY BEACH...
  VILLAGE OF GOLF...
  GREENACRES CITY...
  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 2655 8004 2640 8006 2635 8007 2635 8009
      2670 8033 2685 8009 2672 8004 2670 8005
      2670 8004 2666 8003 2655 8003
TIME...MOT...LOC 0907Z 162DEG 35KT 2643 8006

$$

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.