Tornado Warning 25, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Jun 24, 2012, 12:26 PM EDT (16:26 UTC)

Expired

Jun 24, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT

In force

34 min

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Collier County, FL, Hendry County, FL

The Miami radar (KAMX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WFUS52 KMFL 241626
TORMFL
FLC021-051-241700-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0025.120624T1626Z-120624T1700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1226 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA...
  NORTH CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF IMMOKALEE...

* UNTIL 100 PM EDT

* AT 1224 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BIG
  CORKSCREW ISLAND...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

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

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BIG CORKSCREW ISLAND...
  IMMOKALEE...
  FELDA...
  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 2643 8157 2662 8157 2662 8129 2631 8147
      2631 8159 2643 8159
TIME...MOT...LOC 1626Z 187DEG 29KT 2636 8153

$$

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.