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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Key West, FL
NWS Key West, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2012, 7:56 PM EDT for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 23 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
- Jun 4, 2012, 7:56 PM EDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2012, 8:19 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Key West, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Monroe County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 1321 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 928 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
202
WFUS52 KKEY 042356
TORKEY
FLC087-050030-
/O.NEW.KKEY.TO.W.0002.120604T2356Z-120605T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
756 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MONROE/UPPER KEYS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITY OF KEY LARGO...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 751 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A WATERSPOUT NEAR
ROCK HARBOR...OR NEAR KEY LARGO...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ROCK HARBOR...
KEY LARGO...
WATERSPOUTS THAT MOVE ONSHORE ARE DANGEROUS AND CAN BE DEADLY. IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!
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 2510 8040 2509 8042 2507 8044 2507 8048
2508 8047 2510 8049 2512 8049 2512 8047
2510 8046 2511 8044 2513 8047 2514 8046
2513 8038
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 279DEG 9KT 2510 8048
$$
111 follow-up statement
048
WWUS52 KKEY 050019
SVSKEY
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
819 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2012
FLC087-050027-
/O.CAN.KKEY.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120605T0030Z/
MONROE/UPPER KEYS FL-
819 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MONROE UPPER KEYS COUNTY IS CANCELED...
NO FURTHER REPORTS OF WATERSPOUTS MOVING ASHORE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED
SINCE THE INITIAL REPORTS. IN ADDITION...SHOWER ACTIVITY HAS LARGELY
MOVED EAST OF THE UPPER KEYS. THEREFORE THERE IS NO FURTHER THREAT
OF WATERSPOUTS MOVING ASHORE...AND THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 2510 8040 2509 8042 2507 8044 2507 8048
2508 8047 2510 8049 2512 8049 2512 8047
2510 8046 2511 8044 2513 8047 2514 8046
2513 8038
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 279DEG 9KT 2509 8042
$$
11The office that day
Everything else NWS Key West, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 32 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.