Tornado Warning 56, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Aug 19, 2008, 7:10 AM EDT (11:10 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2008, 7:30 AM EDT

In force

20 min

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Palm Beach County, FL

The Miami radar (KAMX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WFUS52 KMFL 191110
TORMFL
FLC099-191130-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0056.080819T1110Z-080819T1130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
710 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 730 AM EDT

* AT 705 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR HYPOLUXO...MOVING NORTH AT 33 MPH.


* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE WORTH...
  WEST PALM BEACH...
  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. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
400 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2674 8003 2655 8003 2655 8004 2651 8004
      2650 8008 2680 8021 2684 8003 2682 8002
      2678 8002 2677 8004 2678 8005 2675 8002
TIME...MOT...LOC 1110Z 166DEG 28KT 2658 8003

$$

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.