Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 69, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 31, 2008, 7:12 AM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 63 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 31, 2008, 7:12 AM EDT (11:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2008, 8:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Collier County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 3266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 9.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KMFL 311112
TORMFL
FLC021-311215-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0069.080831T1112Z-080831T1215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
712 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
* UNTIL 815 AM EDT
* AT 707 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DADE-COLLIER TRAINING AIRPORT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30
MPH.
THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DADE-COLLIER TRAINING AIRPORT...
OASIS RANGER STATION...
BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE...
MILE MARKER 60 ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...
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.
LAT...LON 2608 8133 2621 8102 2595 8087 2595 8088
2580 8088 2580 8097
TIME...MOT...LOC 1112Z 139DEG 26KT 2581 8086
$$
GRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 37 min |
| Aug 30, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 25 min | |
| Aug 30, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 36 min |
| Aug 30, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 60 min | |
| Aug 30, 10:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 53 min | |
| Aug 31, 5:25 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | MFL | Collier | 35 hr |
| Aug 31, 6:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 61 min |
| Aug 31, 6:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 23 min |
| Aug 31, 7:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 74 min |
| Aug 31, 7:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier, Miami-Dade | 65 min |
| Aug 31, 9:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 59 min |
| Aug 31, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 64 min |
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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.