Tornado Warning 7, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Dec 5, 2009, 2:13 AM EST (07:13 UTC)

Expired

Dec 5, 2009, 2:43 AM EST

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Collier County, FL

The Miami radar (KAMX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS52 KMFL 050713
TORMFL
FLC021-050800-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0007.091205T0713Z-091205T0800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
213 AM EST SAT DEC 5 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 300 AM EST

* AT 209 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
  SOUTHEASTERN COLLIER COUNTY A FEW MILES NORTH OF US
  41 JUST NORTHWEST OF OASIS RANGER STATION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 70 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN COLLIER COUNTY
  RURAL EASTERN COLLIER COUNTY
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 2613 8088 2592 8088 2586 8107 2597 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0711Z 243DEG 18KT 2592 8109

$$

BAXTER

733 
WWUS52 KMFL 050743
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
243 AM EST SAT DEC 5 2009

FLC021-050752-
/O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091205T0800Z/
COLLIER FL-
243 AM EST SAT DEC 5 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO HAS MOVED 
OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND WEAKENED. THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS 
BEEN CANCELLED.

HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. FREQUENT 
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL 
HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL 
MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2613 8088 2592 8088 2586 8107 2597 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0742Z 243DEG 18KT 2599 8094

$$

BAXTER

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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.