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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Miami, FL

July 2, 2009Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 2009, 2:42 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 14 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
Jul 2, 2009, 2:42 PM EDT (18:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2009, 2:56 PM EDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:42 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 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 26 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2009-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1940 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2009-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1940 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
705 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMFL 021842
TORMFL
FLC011-086-021915-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0006.090702T1842Z-090702T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
242 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 241 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NORTH MIAMI
  BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED A 
  WALL CLOUD WITH STRONG ROTATION AT MIAMI GARDENS DRIVE AND 
  INTERSTATE 95.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTH MIAMI BEACH...
  AVENTURA...
  HALLANDALE...
  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.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

LAT...LON 2606 8011 2601 8011 2592 8011 2591 8018
      2596 8022 2608 8011 2606 8010
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 239DEG 9KT 2594 8017

$$

DG
2 follow-up statements
289 
WWUS52 KMFL 021850
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
250 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2009

FLC011-086-021915-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090702T1915Z/
BROWARD FL-MIAMI-DADE FL-
250 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE AND SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTIES...

AT 249 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE POSSIBLE 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED IN NORTH MIAMI BEACH ALONG THE PALMETTO EXPRESSWAY
1 MILE EAST OF U.S. 1...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...

NORTH MIAMI BEACH...
BAL HARBOUR...
  
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.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

LAT...LON 2606 8011 2601 8011 2592 8011 2591 8018
      2596 8022 2608 8011 2606 8010
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 295DEG 13KT 2593 8014

$$

DG
077 
WWUS52 KMFL 021856
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
256 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2009

FLC011-086-021905-
/O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090702T1915Z/
BROWARD FL-MIAMI-DADE FL-
256 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE AND
SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO HAS
DISSIPATED. THUS...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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 2606 8011 2601 8011 2592 8011 2591 8018
      2596 8022 2608 8011 2606 8010
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 295DEG 13KT 2592 8012

$$

DG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 10:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade51 min
Jul 2, 12:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Jul 2, 12:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL119 min
Jul 2, 12:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades, Hendry25 min
Jul 2, 1:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach43 min
Jul 2, 1:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL53 min
Jul 2, 1:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Palm Beach46 min
Jul 2, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL115 min
Jul 2, 2:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach23 min
Jul 2, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Jul 2, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL54 min
Jul 2, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach44 min
Jul 2, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward29 min
Jul 2, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 min
Jul 2, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades30 min
Jul 2, 3:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward, Miami-Dade113 min
Jul 2, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades51 min
Jul 2, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades, Hendry23 min
Jul 2, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL94 min
Jul 2, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry45 min
Jul 2, 7:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL24 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.