Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 2010, 8:46 PM EST for Broward 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
- Feb 5, 2010, 8:46 PM EST (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2010, 9:15 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 28 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.
873
WFUS52 KMFL 060146
TORMFL
FLC011-060215-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0003.100206T0146Z-100206T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
846 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HOLLYWOOD...HALLANDALE...FORT
LAUDERDALE...
* UNTIL 915 PM EST
* AT 845 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NORTH PERRY
AIRPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH.
* THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HALLANDALE...
HOLLYWOOD...
DANIA BEACH...
AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 2598 8011 2598 8014 2598 8026 2601 8030
2616 8010 2615 8010 2606 8010
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 235DEG 28KT 2599 8021
$$
PS1 follow-up statement
160
WWUS52 KMFL 060208
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
908 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010
FLC011-060216-
/O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100206T0215Z/
BROWARD FL-
908 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
915 PM EST...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS DISSIPATED AND MOVED OFFSHORE. THUS THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 915 PM EST.
LAT...LON 2598 8011 2598 8014 2598 8026 2601 8030
2616 8010 2615 8010 2606 8010
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 235DEG 28KT 2607 8006
$$
PSThe 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, 8:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 20 min |
| Feb 5, 8:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 37 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.