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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Miami, FL

March 29, 2010Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2010, 9:16 AM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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
Mar 29, 2010, 9:16 AM EDT (13:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2010, 9:45 AM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 29, 2:35 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 2010-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2101 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2010-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 346 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
346 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
472 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
5.6
Supercell composite
21.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

659 
WFUS52 KMFL 291316
TORMFL
FLC086-291345-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0013.100329T1316Z-100329T1345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
916 AM EDT MON MAR 29 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HOMESTEAD MIAMI                      
  SPEEDWAY...HOMESTEAD GENERAL AIRPORT...HOMESTEAD...FLORIDA         
  CITY...

* UNTIL 945 AM EDT

* AT 913 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HOMESTEAD
  GENERAL AIRPORT...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
  60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HOMESTEAD GENERAL AIRPORT...
  HOMESTEAD...
  NARANJA...
  PRINCETON...
  CUTLER BAY...
  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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 2549 8017 2547 8019 2552 8020 2554 8030
      2550 8033 2544 8032 2543 8033 2539 8062
      2551 8069 2567 8027 2563 8027 2560 8030
      2554 8030 2552 8019 2553 8018 2553 8017
      2551 8017
TIME...MOT...LOC 1315Z 248DEG 37KT 2545 8057

$$

STRASSBERG
2 follow-up statements
102 
WWUS52 KMFL 291334
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
934 AM EDT MON MAR 29 2010

FLC086-291345-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100329T1345Z/
MIAMI-DADE FL-
934 AM EDT MON MAR 29 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...

AT 930 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
HOMESTEAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IT WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF 
THE INTERSECTION OF KROME AVE AND HIGHWAY 1.

THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HOMESTEAD...
NARANJA...
PRINCETON...
FLORIDA CITY...
  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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2549 8017 2547 8019 2552 8020 2554 8030
      2550 8033 2546 8033 2545 8050 2552 8051
      2567 8027 2563 8027 2560 8030 2554 8030
      2552 8019 2553 8018 2553 8017
TIME...MOT...LOC 1334Z 242DEG 32KT 2550 8046

$$

STRASSBERG
542 
WWUS52 KMFL 291346
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
946 AM EDT MON MAR 29 2010

FLC086-291355-
/O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100329T1345Z/
MIAMI-DADE FL-
946 AM EDT MON MAR 29 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED, THUS THE 
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO
50 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE. 
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. STAY 
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2549 8017 2547 8019 2552 8020 2554 8030
      2550 8033 2546 8033 2545 8050 2552 8051
      2567 8027 2563 8027 2560 8030 2554 8030
      2552 8019 2553 8018 2553 8017
TIME...MOT...LOC 1334Z 242DEG 32KT 2550 8046

$$

STRASSBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 8:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL52 min
Mar 28, 8:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL83 min
Mar 28, 8:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades46 min
Mar 28, 8:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLGlades113 min
Mar 28, 8:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL62 min
Mar 28, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades43 min
Mar 28, 9:22 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLGlades23 min
Mar 28, 9:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL93 min
Mar 28, 9:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades61 min
Mar 28, 10:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL59 min
Mar 28, 10:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier56 min
Mar 28, 10:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades67 min
Mar 28, 10:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier, Hendry56 min
Mar 28, 10:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL93 min
Mar 28, 10:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLGlades2 hr
Mar 28, 11:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL59 min
Mar 28, 11:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry57 min
Mar 29, 12:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry26 min
Mar 29, 12:05 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL55 min
Mar 29, 12:09 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL66 min
Mar 29, 12:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades, Hendry, Palm Beach43 min
Mar 29, 12:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier56 min
Mar 29, 1:01 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL59 min
Mar 29, 1:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry30 min
Mar 29, 1:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMartin32 min
Mar 29, 2:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier59 min
Mar 29, 2:06 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL54 min
Mar 29, 2:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMartin28 min
Mar 29, 3:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier58 min
Mar 29, 3:06 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL54 min
Mar 29, 3:19 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL41 min
Mar 29, 3:38 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLCollier3 hr
Mar 29, 4:05 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL55 min
Mar 29, 4:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier41 min
Mar 29, 4:53 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLCollier21 min
Mar 29, 5:22 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementMFLBroward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach15 hr
Mar 29, 5:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward32 min
Mar 29, 5:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Collier, Miami-Dade38 min
Mar 29, 5:38 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLBroward, Collier, Palm Beach28 min
Mar 29, 6:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach51 min
Mar 29, 6:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward37 min
Mar 29, 7:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach30 min
Mar 29, 7:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward26 min
Mar 29, 7:22 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL83 min
Mar 29, 7:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward51 min
Mar 29, 7:31 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL89 min
Mar 29, 7:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade24 min
Mar 29, 7:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward23 min
Mar 29, 7:54 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLBroward51 min
Mar 29, 8:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward26 min
Mar 29, 8:05 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward, Palm Beach115 min
Mar 29, 8:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade60 min
Mar 29, 8:19 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLBroward26 min
Mar 29, 8:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward14 min
Mar 29, 8:45 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL90 min
Mar 29, 8:53 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL82 min
Mar 29, 8:53 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLMiami-Dade22 min
Mar 29, 8:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward18 min
Mar 29, 9:00 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLBroward15 min
Mar 29, 9:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward10 min
Mar 29, 9:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL55 min
Mar 29, 10:21 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL39 min
Mar 29, 12:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL55 min
Mar 29, 12:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe49 min
Mar 29, 1:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL54 min
Mar 29, 1:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade47 min
Mar 29, 1:18 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLMiami-Dade27 min
Mar 29, 1:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL91 min
Mar 29, 2:43 PM EDTFire Weather WatchMFLBroward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach14 hr
Mar 29, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL65 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.