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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2009, 11:54 AM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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
- May 24, 2009, 11:54 AM EDT (15:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2009, 12:24 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Miami-Dade County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 2000 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 869 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 1 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 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 241554
TORMFL
FLC086-241700-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0005.090524T1554Z-090524T1700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1154 AM EDT SUN MAY 24 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
* UNTIL 100 PM EDT
* AT 1154 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NORTH
CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL NORTHERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
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.
SOUTH FLORIDA TORNADOES MAY AT TIMES BE SMALL AND NARROW BUT THEY ARE
STILL DANGEROUS. THEY CAN EASILY FLIP A VEHICLE OR TRAILER OR CAUSE
LARGE TREES TO FALL. TAKE COVER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY.
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.
LAT...LON 2581 8056 2592 8058 2596 8048 2595 8044
2586 8042
TIME...MOT...LOC 1553Z 340DEG 3KT 2586 8050
$$
70/DD1 follow-up statement
854
WWUS52 KMFL 241624
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1224 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 2009
FLC086-241634-
/O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090524T1700Z/
MIAMI-DADE FL-
1224 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO HAS
DISSIPATED. THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
HOWEVER...DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL
HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL
MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.
LAT...LON 2581 8056 2592 8058 2596 8048 2595 8044
2586 8042
TIME...MOT...LOC 1624Z 340DEG 3KT 2584 8049
$$
70/DDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 11:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 29 min |
| May 24, 11:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 42 min |
| May 24, 12:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 27 min |
| May 24, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 45 min |
| May 24, 1:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 49 min |
| May 24, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 49 min |
| May 24, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 39 min |
| May 24, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 48 min |
| May 24, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 53 min |
| May 24, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 60 min |
| May 24, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 65 min |
| May 24, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 119 min |
| May 24, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 61 min |
| May 24, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 63 min |
| May 24, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 54 min |
| May 24, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 59 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.