Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2012, 4:27 PM EDT for Collier County, Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 48 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 23, 2012, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Collier County, FL, Hendry County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 1891 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
159 WFUS52 KMFL 232027 TORMFL FLC021-051-232115- /O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0012.120623T2027Z-120623T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 427 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA... EAST CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA... * UNTIL 515 PM EDT * AT 426 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILE MARKER 60 ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MILE MARKER 60 ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY... BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE INDIAN RESERVATION... HENDRY CORRECTIONAL I/A/P... AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR... IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR COULD DEVELOP ANYTIME. 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 2641 8126 2640 8092 2605 8105 2605 8115 TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 180DEG 18KT 2610 8111 $$ BAXTER
2 follow-up statements
035 WWUS52 KMFL 232041 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 441 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2012 FLC021-051-232115- /O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120623T2115Z/ HENDRY FL-COLLIER FL- 441 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL COLLIER AND SOUTH CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTIES... AT 439 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLLIER COUNTY REST AREA ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THE STORM WILL BE NEAR... COLLIER COUNTY REST AREA ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY... HENDRY CORRECTIONAL I/A/P AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR COULD POSSIBLY DEVELOP ANYTIME. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. LAT...LON 2641 8126 2640 8092 2609 8108 2610 8116 TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 179DEG 14KT 2613 8112 $$ BAXTER
747 WWUS52 KMFL 232100 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 500 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2012 FLC021-051-232115- /O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120623T2115Z/ HENDRY FL-COLLIER FL- 500 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL COLLIER AND SOUTH CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTIES... AT 456 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HENDRY CORRECTIONAL I/A/P...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE STORM WILL BE NEAR... HENDRY CORRECTIONAL I/A/P... RURAL NORTHERN COLLIER COUNTY... RURAL SOUTHERN HENDRY COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR COULD POSSIBLY DEVELOP ANYTIME. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. 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 2641 8126 2640 8092 2617 8106 2618 8115 TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 184DEG 16KT 2622 8111 $$ BAXTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Jun 22, 9:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Jun 22, 9:41 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 5 days | |
| Jun 22, 9:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Monroe | 54 min |
| Jun 22, 10:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 53 min |
| Jun 22, 10:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 57 min |
| Jun 23, 7:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 88 min | |
| Jun 23, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 17 min |
| Jun 23, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 4:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 52 min |
| Jun 23, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 66 min | |
| Jun 23, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 38 min |
| Jun 23, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 95 min | |
| Jun 23, 5:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Hendry | 65 min |
| Jun 23, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Lee | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 54 min | |
| Jun 23, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 25 min |
| Jun 23, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 111 min | |
| Jun 23, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 54 min |
| Jun 23, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 67 min |
| Jun 23, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 51 min |
| Jun 23, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| Jun 23, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 73 min | |
| Jun 23, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 63 min |
| Jun 23, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 37 min |
| Jun 23, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 115 min | |
| Jun 23, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 88 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.