Tornado Warning 52, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Aug 19, 2008, 5:36 AM EDT (09:36 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2008, 6:00 AM EDT

In force

24 min

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Miami-Dade County, FL

The Miami radar (KAMX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

000 
WFUS52 KMFL 190936
TORMFL
FLC086-191000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0052.080819T0936Z-080819T1000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 600 AM EDT

* AT 534 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THE HAMMOCKS...MOVING NORTH AT 43 MPH.


* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  THE HAMMOCKS...
  KENDALE LAKES...
  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 2563 8040 2562 8050 2596 8049 2596 8048
      2596 8030 2597 8030 2598 8028
TIME...MOT...LOC 0935Z 190DEG 37KT 2567 8045

$$

DG

000
WWUS52 KMFL 190953
SVSMFL

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

FLC086-191000-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-080819T1000Z/
MIAMI-DADE FL-
552 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL
AND NORTH CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...

AT 550 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF 
DORAL...MOVING NORTH AT 40 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 2577 8038 2577 8049 2596 8049 2596 8048
      2596 8030 2597 8030 2597 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 0952Z 182DEG 35KT 2584 8044

$$

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.