Tornado Warning 19, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Jun 24, 2012, 11:56 AM EDT (15:56 UTC)

Expired

Jun 24, 2012, 12:30 PM EDT

In force

34 min

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Collier County, FL

The Miami radar (KAMX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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704 
WFUS52 KMFL 241556
TORMFL
FLC021-241630-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0019.120624T1556Z-120624T1630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1156 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT

* AT 1153 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH
  OF GOLDEN GATE ESTATES...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

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

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GOLDEN GATE ESTATES...
  BIG CORKSCREW ISLAND...
  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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 2638 8166 2638 8136 2606 8146 2607 8164
TIME...MOT...LOC 1556Z 187DEG 26KT 2611 8157

$$

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.