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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Key West, FL
NWS Key West, FL issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2012, 12:36 AM EDT for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 24 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
- May 16, 2012, 12:36 AM EDT (04:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2012, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Key West, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Monroe County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 7 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
- 1147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
664
WFUS52 KKEY 160436
TORKEY
FLC087-160500-
/O.NEW.KKEY.TO.W.0001.120516T0436Z-120516T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1236 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LOWER KEYS IN MONROE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITY OF KEY WEST...
* UNTIL 100 AM EDT
* AT 1230 AM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A WATERSPOUT NEAR KEY WEST.
THIS TORNADO WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
THE SOUTH SIDE OF KEY WEST NEAR HIGGS BEACH
WATERSPOUTS THAT MOVE ONSHORE ARE DANGEROUS AND CAN BE DEADLY. IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A LOW SPOT ON THE GROUND
AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST
AT 3 0 5...2 9 5...1 3 1 6...EXTENSION 3.
LAT...LON 2456 8182 2458 8180 2459 8181 2460 8180
2460 8179 2459 8178 2459 8176 2458 8175
2455 8174 2454 8175 2454 8181
TIME...MOT...LOC 0434Z 186DEG 1KT 2455 8178
$$
111 follow-up statement
907
WWUS52 KKEY 160458
SVSKEY
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1258 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2012
FLC087-160507-
/O.EXP.KKEY.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120516T0500Z/
LOWER KEYS IN MONROE FL-
1258 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LOWER KEYS IN MONROE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
NO FURTHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED REGARDING THE TORNADO OVER
WATER JUST SOUTH OF KEY WEST. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING FOR KEY
WEST EXPIRES AT 100 AM.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE VICINITY OF KEY WEST.
RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS NEAR 30
MPH...AND A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES.
STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST.
LAT...LON 2456 8182 2458 8180 2459 8181 2460 8180
2460 8179 2459 8178 2459 8176 2458 8175
2455 8174 2454 8175 2454 8181
TIME...MOT...LOC 0452Z 186DEG 1KT 2455 8178
$$
11The office that day
Everything else NWS Key West, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 12:41 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 34 min | |
| May 16, 3:50 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | KEY | Monroe | 115 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.