Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 2, 2011, 5:18 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 27 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
- Aug 2, 2011, 5:18 PM EDT (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2011, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 2036 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
953
WFUS52 KMFL 022118
TORMFL
FLC011-022145-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0001.110802T2118Z-110802T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
518 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011
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...POMPANO BEACH...
MARGATE...
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
* AT 517 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MARGATE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MARGATE...
POMPANO BEACH...
AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...AWAY FROM
EXTERIOR WALLS AND WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF
STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
&&
LAT...LON 2612 8018 2618 8031 2628 8024 2624 8012
2621 8012
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 206DEG 18KT 2625 8022
$$
GARCIA2 follow-up statements
205
WWUS52 KMFL 022127
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
527 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011
FLC011-022145-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110802T2145Z/
BROWARD FL-
527 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY...
AT 524 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MARGATE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
TRAINED SPOTTERS AND THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHING DOWN
NEAR UNIVERSITY AND MCKNABB AVENUE IN CENTRAL BROWARD.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS.
GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 2612 8018 2618 8031 2628 8024 2624 8012
2621 8012
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 206DEG 18KT 2628 8020
$$
GARCIA877
WWUS52 KMFL 022142
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
542 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011
FLC011-022150-
/O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110802T2145Z/
BROWARD FL-
542 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
545 PM EDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT SPAWNED
THE TORNADO HAS DISSIPATED. THUS THE TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT
545 PM EDT. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA
AND ADDITIONAL FUNNEL CLOUDS ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 2612 8018 2618 8031 2628 8024 2624 8012
2621 8012
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 206DEG 18KT 2635 8016
$$
GARCIAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 7:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 48 min | |
| Aug 2, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 46 min | |
| Aug 2, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 28 min | |
| Aug 2, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 28 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.