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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 2012, 3:13 PM EDT for Glades County, Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 17 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2012, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1482 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 729 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
221
WFUS52 KMFL 121913
TORMFL
FLC043-051-121930-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0036.120712T1913Z-120712T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
313 PM EDT THU JUL 12 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN GLADES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOORE HAVEN...
NORTH CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT
* AT 309 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MOORE N
HAVEN...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MOORE HAVEN...
AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR MOORE HAVEN NEAR THE
INTERSECTION US 27 AND STATE ROAD 78.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 2694 8106 2693 8108 2692 8107 2692 8110
2689 8111 2688 8109 2685 8108 2682 8105
2682 8103 2672 8100 2667 8118 2686 8133
2697 8108
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 154DEG 11KT 2676 8115
$$
85-GIBBSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 3:05 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 30 min | |
| Jul 12, 3:25 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 56 min | |
| Jul 12, 6:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 35 min |
| Jul 12, 11:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 32 min | |
| Jul 12, 12:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 57 min |
| Jul 12, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 19 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.