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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2008, 6:25 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 20 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2008, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2008, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Miami-Dade County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 36 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 698 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMFL 302225 TORMFL FLC086-302245- /O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0067.080830T2225Z-080830T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 625 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. * UNTIL 645 PM EDT * AT 622 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR NARANJA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 32 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NARANJA... THE REDLAND... REDLAND... 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. 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. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 2559 8069 2571 8056 2557 8037 2548 8042 TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 116DEG 28KT 2553 8048 $$ DG
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KMFL 302235 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 635 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 FLC086-302245- /O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-080830T2245Z/ MIAMI-DADE FL- 635 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY... AT 634 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INLIKITA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 32 MPH. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 2559 8069 2571 8056 2561 8046 2552 8051 TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 116DEG 28KT 2556 8056 $$ DG
000 WWUS52 KMFL 302242 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 642 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 FLC086-302251- /O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-080830T2245Z/ MIAMI-DADE FL- 641 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE ROTATION IN THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED. THUS...THE TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM EDT. LAT...LON 2559 8069 2571 8056 2561 8046 2552 8051 TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 116DEG 28KT 2558 8061 $$ DG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 4:32 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 48 hr | |
| Aug 30, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 54 min | |
| Aug 30, 3:22 PM EDT | Flood Watch | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry, Monroe | 27 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Monroe | 35 min |
| Aug 30, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 59 min | |
| Aug 30, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 54 min | |
| Aug 30, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 25 min |
| Aug 30, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 30 min |
| Aug 30, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 52 min |
| Aug 30, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 55 min | |
| Aug 30, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 47 min | |
| Aug 30, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| Aug 30, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 53 min |
| Aug 30, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 61 min | |
| Aug 30, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 27 min |
| Aug 30, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 36 min |
Nearby
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Sources
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.