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Tornado Warning 84, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 29, 2008, 2:05 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 25 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 29, 2008, 2:05 PM EDT (18:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2008, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Miami-Dade County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 2025 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMFL 291805 TORMFL FLC086-291830- /O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0084.080929T1805Z-080929T1830Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 205 PM EDT MON SEP 29 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. * UNTIL 230 PM EDT * AT 159 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND A TRAINED SPOTTER INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GOULDS... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 3 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GOULDS... AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR U.S. 1 AND SW 137 AVENUE. 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 2552 8041 2559 8044 2562 8036 2557 8034 TIME...MOT...LOC 1804Z 252DEG 3KT 2554 8039 $$ JR
1 follow-up statement
649 WWUS52 KMFL 291825 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 225 PM EDT MON SEP 29 2008 FLC086-291834- /O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0084.000000T0000Z-080929T1830Z/ MIAMI-DADE FL- 224 PM EDT MON SEP 29 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 230 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO HAS DISSIPATED. THUS THE TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 230 PM EDT. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE CUTLER BAY AND BLACK POINT. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. LAT...LON 2552 8041 2559 8044 2562 8036 2557 8034 TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 252DEG 3KT 2555 8037 $$ BAXTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 1:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 2 hr |
| Sep 29, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 30 min | |
| Sep 29, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 58 min |
| Sep 29, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 20 min | |
| Sep 29, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 63 min |
| Sep 29, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 67 min |
| Sep 29, 7:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Glades | 110 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.