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Tornado Warning 79, NWS Miami, FL

September 9, 2008Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 9, 2008, 10:14 PM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 46 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: Sep 9, 2008, 10:14 PM EDT (02:14 UTC)
Expired: Sep 9, 2008, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Collier County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 84 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 3819 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KMFL 100214
TORMFL
FLC021-100300-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0079.080910T0214Z-080910T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1014 PM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 1011 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR OASIS
  RANGER STATION...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 31 MPH.


* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  OASIS RANGER STATION...
  TAMIAMI TRAIL...
  MONROE STATION...
  BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE...
  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.

TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD TO
SEE. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT
MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR
HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR
REINFORCED SHELTER. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 2615 8120 2581 8090 2580 8092 2580 8107
      2601 8138
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 139DEG 27KT 2585 8103

$$

HANDEL

3 follow-up statements

698 
WWUS52 KMFL 100231
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1031 PM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008

FLC021-100300-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-080910T0300Z/
COLLIER FL-
1031 PM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN COLLIER COUNTY...

AT 1029 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE 
A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF OASIS RANGER 
STATION...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 26 MPH.

TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD TO
SEE. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT
MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE! MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR
HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR
REINFORCED SHELTER. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 2615 8120 2581 8090 2580 8092 2580 8107
      2601 8138
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 138DEG 22KT 2592 8103

$$

HANDEL

134 
WWUS52 KMFL 100240
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1040 PM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008

FLC021-100300-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-080910T0300Z/
COLLIER FL-
1039 PM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR EAST 
CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY...

AT 1034 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE 
A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF BIG CYPRESS 
NATIONAL PRESERVE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE 
THROUGH 11 PM.

TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD TO
SEE. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT
MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE! MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR
HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR
REINFORCED SHELTER. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 2615 8120 2593 8101 2592 8100 2591 8105
      2607 8131
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 138DEG 22KT 2595 8107

$$

HANDEL

903 
WWUS52 KMFL 100258
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1058 PM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008

FLC021-100307-
/O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-080910T0300Z/
COLLIER FL-
1057 PM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE 
AT 1100 PM EDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE ROTATION HAS 
WEAKENED...AND THE STORM IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A TORNADO. 
THUS THE TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 2615 8120 2593 8101 2592 8100 2591 8105
      2607 8131
TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 138DEG 22KT 2606 8116

$$

HANDEL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 10, 12:34 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		56 min
Sep 10, 12:45 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Monroe	15 min
Sep 10, 1:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Collier, Monroe	38 min
Sep 10, 1:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier, Monroe	51 min
Sep 10, 3:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier, Monroe	56 min
Sep 10, 3:39 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Monroe	21 min
Sep 10, 3:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier, Monroe	64 min
Sep 10, 4:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Collier	3 hr
Sep 10, 4:34 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Collier	35 min
Sep 10, 4:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier, Monroe	76 min
Sep 10, 5:16 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Monroe	14 min
Sep 10, 5:44 AM EDT	Marine Weather Statement	MFL		12 hr
Sep 10, 6:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Monroe	77 min
Sep 10, 11:24 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	MFL	Collier	26 hr

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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.