Tornado Warning 31, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Jun 24, 2012, 1:50 PM EDT (17:50 UTC)

Expired

Jun 24, 2012, 2:15 PM EDT

In force

25 min

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Glades County, FL

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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925 
WFUS52 KMFL 241750
TORMFL
FLC043-241815-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0031.120624T1750Z-120624T1815Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL GLADES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT

* AT 147 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MUSE...
  MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

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

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL WESTERN GLADES 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 2704 8131 2679 8150 2681 8157 2700 8157
      2704 8156 2704 8133
TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 195DEG 29KT 2687 8155

$$

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.