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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Miami, FL

March 29, 2010Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2010, 7:54 AM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 51 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 2010, 7:54 AM EDT (11:54 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2010, 8:45 AM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Broward County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 29, 8:02 AM EDTHAIL 0.25Plantation, FLPEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT PINE ISLAND ROAD AND SUNRISE BLVD.
Mar 29, 8:27 AM EDTTORNADO4 W Oakland Park, FLTRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED SWIRLING DEBRIS CLOUD MOVED THROUGH I-95 AND OAKLAND PARK BLVD INTERCHANGE, WIND ROCKED CARS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 37 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 00:00Z on 2010-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1448 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 00:00Z on 2010-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 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
1448 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

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

118 
WFUS52 KMFL 291154
TORMFL
FLC011-291245-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0009.100329T1154Z-100329T1245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TAMARAC...SUNRISE...PLANTATION...FORT
  LAUDERDALE...DAVIE...

* UNTIL 845 AM EDT

* AT 751 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  INTERSECTION I-75 AND GRIFFIN ROAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  INTERSECTION I-75 AND GRIFFIN ROAD...
  DAVIE...
  SAWGRASS MILLS MALL...
  SUNRISE...
  LAUDERDALE LAKES...
  NORTH LAUDERDALE...
  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 2626 8025 2611 8012 2605 8039 2608 8041
TIME...MOT...LOC 1154Z 235DEG 27KT 2609 8036

$$

TINGLER
2 follow-up statements
474 
WWUS52 KMFL 291211
SVSMFL

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

FLC011-291245-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-100329T1245Z/
BROWARD FL-
811 AM EDT MON MAR 29 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY...

AT 808 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. LARGE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR PLANTATION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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 2612 8013 2609 8028 2612 8030 2624 8023
TIME...MOT...LOC 1211Z 246DEG 23KT 2613 8025

$$

TINGLER
235 
WWUS52 KMFL 291246
SVSMFL

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

FLC011-291257-
/O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-100329T1245Z/
BROWARD FL-
846 AM EDT MON MAR 29 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

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

LAT...LON 2612 8013 2609 8028 2612 8030 2624 8023
TIME...MOT...LOC 1211Z 246DEG 23KT 2613 8025

$$

TINGLER

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, 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, 9:16 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLMiami-Dade29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.