Tornado Warning 20, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Jun 24, 2012, 12:01 PM EDT (16:01 UTC)

Expired

Jun 24, 2012, 12:30 PM EDT

In force

29 min

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Collier County, FL, Hendry County, FL

The Miami radar (KAMX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WFUS52 KMFL 241601
TORMFL
FLC021-051-241630-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0020.120624T1601Z-120624T1630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1201 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA...
  NORTH CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT

* AT 1158 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NORTH
  CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

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

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTY
  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 2661 8129 2648 8106 2628 8125 2634 8134
TIME...MOT...LOC 1601Z 201DEG 25KT 2638 8127

$$

MJB

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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.