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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2012, 12:20 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 25 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 2012, 12:20 PM EDT (16:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2012, 12:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 12:25 PM EDT | TORNADO | Lake Worth, FL | AT 1256 PM EDT...BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE IN THE A STREET AREA OF LAKE WORTH. DAMAGE REPORTED TO 4 HOUSES. TIME OF DAMAGE ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR ACTIVITY. |
| Jun 24, 12:55 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Lantana, FL | AT 1255 PM EDT...A MEMBER OF THE CIVIL AIR PATROL AT THE LANTANA AIRPORT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD MOVING NORTHWARD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 11:47 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 3139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 527 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
025
WFUS52 KMFL 241620
TORMFL
FLC099-241645-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0023.120624T1620Z-120624T1645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1220 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST PALM BEACH...RIVIERA BEACH...
LAKE WORTH...
* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT
* AT 1220 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LAKE
WORTH...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE WORTH...
PALM BEACH...
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 2658 8004 2657 8011 2686 8014 2685 8004
2684 8004 2680 8003 2663 8003 2662 8004
2661 8003 2660 8004 2659 8003
TIME...MOT...LOC 1621Z 191DEG 15KT 2663 8006
$$
GREGORIA2 follow-up statements
928
WWUS52 KMFL 241630
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1230 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
FLC099-241645-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120624T1645Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
1230 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY...
AT 1228 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR
LAKE CLARKE SHORES BETWEEN INTERSTATE 95 AND U.S. 1. THE POSSIBLE
TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE CLARKE SHORES...
GLEN RIDGE...
WEST PALM BEACH...
AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS.
GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2685 8005 2680 8005 2664 8005 2663 8012
2686 8014
TIME...MOT...LOC 1629Z 166DEG 13KT 2665 8007
$$
GREGORIA355
WWUS52 KMFL 241640
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1240 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
FLC099-241650-
/O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120624T1645Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
1240 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 1245 PM EDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO HAS
DISSIPATED. THUS THE TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 PM EDT.
ANOTHER STORM WITH ROTATION OVER ATLANTIS IS BEING MONITORED CLOSELY.
STAY TUNED FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL TORNADO WARNINGS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2685 8005 2680 8005 2664 8005 2663 8012
2686 8014
TIME...MOT...LOC 1640Z 166DEG 13KT 2669 8008
$$
GREGORIAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 8:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 27 min |
| Jun 23, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 58 min | |
| Jun 23, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 27 min |
| Jun 23, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 47 min | |
| Jun 24, 2:18 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 57 min | |
| Jun 24, 3:13 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 min | |
| Jun 24, 5:45 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 60 min | |
| Jun 24, 6:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 61 min | |
| Jun 24, 7:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 7:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 65 min | |
| Jun 24, 7:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 8:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 8:41 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 64 min | |
| Jun 24, 8:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 9:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 35 min | |
| Jun 24, 9:48 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 57 min | |
| Jun 24, 10:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 35 min |
| Jun 24, 10:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 61 min | |
| Jun 24, 10:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 27 min |
| Jun 24, 10:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 10:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 11:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 28 min |
| Jun 24, 11:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 33 min | |
| Jun 24, 11:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 11:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 11:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 11:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Glades | 35 min |
| Jun 24, 11:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 11:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 12:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 12:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Glades | 23 min |
| Jun 24, 12:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 12:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 115 min | |
| Jun 24, 12:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry | 53 min |
| Jun 24, 12:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 12:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 12:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 12:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 12:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 1:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 1:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 1:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 35 min |
| Jun 24, 1:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 23 min |
| Jun 24, 1:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Glades | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 32 min | |
| Jun 24, 1:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Glades | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 66 min | |
| Jun 24, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 2:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 27 min |
| Jun 24, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Martin | 28 min |
| Jun 24, 2:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Jun 24, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 65 min | |
| Jun 24, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 3:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 89 min | |
| Jun 24, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 28 min |
| Jun 24, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 64 min | |
| Jun 24, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 93 min | |
| Jun 24, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 66 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.