Tornado Warning 61, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Aug 19, 2008, 8:01 AM EDT (12:01 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2008, 8:45 AM EDT

In force

44 min

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Palm Beach County, FL

The Miami radar (KAMX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS52 KMFL 191201
TORMFL
FLC099-191245-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0061.080819T1201Z-080819T1245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 AM EDT

* AT 756 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR NORTH PALM BEACH...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 32 MPH.
  A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS ALSO INDICATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEST
  PALM BEACH...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 32 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PALM BEACH GARDENS...
  JUNO BEACH...
  JUPITER...
  TEQUESTA...
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR COULD POSSIBLY DEVELOP ANYTIME. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2666 8002 2665 8004 2695 8026 2696 8025
      2696 8015 2698 8014 2698 8010 2697 8007
      2684 8004 2682 8002 2678 8002 2678 8005
      2675 8002
TIME...MOT...LOC 1200Z 156DEG 28KT 2683 8009

$$

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.