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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 2010, 8:19 PM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 20 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
- Feb 5, 2010, 8:19 PM EST (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2010, 8:39 PM EST
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 14 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
- 727 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
800 WFUS52 KMFL 060119 TORMFL FLC011-086-060145- /O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0002.100206T0119Z-100206T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 819 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA... NORTH CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA... * UNTIL 845 PM EST * AT 818 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PENNSUCO... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PENNSUCO... MIAMI LAKES... AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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. && LAT...LON 2601 8029 2588 8027 2583 8050 2589 8052 TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 247DEG 28KT 2588 8046 $$ BAXTER
1 follow-up statement
756 WWUS52 KMFL 060139 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 839 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 FLC011-086-060145- /O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100206T0145Z/ BROWARD FL-MIAMI-DADE FL- 839 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE AND SOUTH CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE CIRCULATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS DISSIPATED. THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...THE PARENT CLUSTER OF STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH TOWARD COASTAL SECTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES. RESIDENTS ARE ALSO ADVISED TO REMAIN ON THE ALERT IN CASE THESE STORMS REDEVELOP TORNADIC CIRCULATIONS. LAT...LON 2601 8029 2588 8027 2583 8050 2589 8052 TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 245DEG 26KT 2594 8033 $$ PS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 7:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 57 min |
| Feb 5, 7:45 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 60 min | |
| Feb 5, 7:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 61 min |
| Feb 5, 8:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 37 min |
| Feb 5, 8:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 29 min |
| Feb 5, 8:47 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 55 min | |
| Feb 5, 8:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 23 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.