Tornado Warning 16, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Jun 24, 2012, 11:27 AM EDT (15:27 UTC)

Expired

Jun 24, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Palm Beach County, FL

The Miami radar (KAMX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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067 
WFUS52 KMFL 241527
TORMFL
FLC099-241600-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0016.120624T1527Z-120624T1600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1127 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...DELRAY BEACH...BOYNTON BEACH...BOCA
  RATON...

* UNTIL NOON EDT

* AT 1126 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BOCA
  RATON...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

  THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
  60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DELRAY BEACH...
  VILLAGE OF GOLF...
  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 2634 8007 2635 8018 2656 8020 2656 8004
TIME...MOT...LOC 1527Z 180DEG 10KT 2640 8012

$$

GARCIA

575 
WWUS52 KMFL 241553
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1153 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

FLC099-241603-
/O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120624T1600Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
1153 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT NOON EDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO HAS
DISSIPATED. THUS THE TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON EDT.

THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO
40 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2634 8007 2635 8018 2656 8020 2656 8004
TIME...MOT...LOC 1553Z 180DEG 10KT 2647 8012

$$

GARCIA

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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.