Tornado Warning 34, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Jun 24, 2012, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)

Expired

Jun 24, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT

In force

62 min

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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.

402 
WFUS52 KMFL 241928
TORMFL
FLC043-051-242030-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0034.120624T1928Z-120624T2030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN GLADES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PALMDALE...
  NORTHWESTERN HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LA BELLE...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 324 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MUSE...
  MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

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

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MUSE...
  PALMDALE...
  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 2717 8103 2670 8138 2672 8157 2704 8156
      2704 8128 2713 8127 2713 8117 2717 8117
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 191DEG 33KT 2682 8151

$$

GARCIA

799 
WWUS52 KMFL 242027
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
427 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

FLC043-051-242036-
/O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120624T2030Z/
HENDRY FL-GLADES FL-
427 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN GLADES AND NORTHWESTERN HENDRY
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM EDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO HAS
DISSIPATED. THUS THE TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM EDT.

THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO
30 MPH...HEAVY RAINFALL ARE STILL POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA 
WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.

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

LAT...LON 2717 8103 2670 8138 2672 8157 2704 8156
      2704 8128 2713 8127 2713 8117 2717 8117
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 191DEG 33KT 2734 8140

$$

GARCIA

Tornado Warnings in Florida, 2012Every tornado warning in 2012Tornadoes in 2012

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.