Tornado Warning 63, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Aug 19, 2008, 9:02 AM EDT (13:02 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2008, 9:30 AM EDT

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Palm Beach County, FL

The Miami radar (KAMX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS52 KMFL 191302
TORMFL
FLC099-191330-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0063.080819T1302Z-080819T1330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
902 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 930 AM EDT

* AT 901 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR VILLAGE OF GOLF...MOVING NORTH AT 49 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GREENACRES CITY...
  ROYAL PALM BEACH...
  NORTH PALM BEACH GENERAL AIRPORT...
  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 2649 8009 2648 8019 2695 8040 2697 8031
      2696 8015
TIME...MOT...LOC 1302Z 166DEG 42KT 2655 8016

$$

DG

000
WWUS52 KMFL 191330
SVSMFL

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

FLC099-191340-
/O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-080819T1330Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
930 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO HAS
DISSIPATED. THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED.

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

LAT...LON 2649 8009 2648 8019 2695 8040 2697 8031
      2696 8015
TIME...MOT...LOC 1302Z 166DEG 42KT 2655 8016

$$

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.