Tornado Warning 4, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Mar 12, 2010, 1:39 PM EST (18:39 UTC)

Expired

Mar 12, 2010, 2:15 PM EST

In force

36 min

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Broward County, FL

The Miami radar (KAMX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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223 
WFUS52 KMFL 121839
TORMFL
FLC011-121915-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0004.100312T1839Z-100312T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
139 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWEST BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 215 PM EST

* AT 137 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
  NORTHWESTERN BROWARD COUNTY...MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHWEST BROWARD 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.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2625 8048 2616 8045 2615 8051 2627 8078
      2632 8074
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 291DEG 32KT 2628 8070

$$

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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.