Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2012, 9:25 AM EDT for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 13 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
- Jun 1, 2012, 9:25 AM EDT (13:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2012, 9:38 AM EDT
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Monroe County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 964 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 823 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
598
WFUS52 KMFL 011325
TORMFL
FLC087-011400-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0005.120601T1325Z-120601T1400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
925 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT
* AT 924 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NORTHWEST
CAPE SABLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL CENTRAL MAINLAND MONROE 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.
MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY
OVERPASS. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...
IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A
TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR COULD DEVELOP ANYTIME.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI.
&&
LAT...LON 2525 8118 2533 8115 2534 8112 2531 8109
2533 8105 2536 8107 2540 8101 2542 8104
2543 8111 2550 8106 2533 8086 2528 8095
2533 8099 2531 8109 2523 8103 2519 8111
TIME...MOT...LOC 1325Z 224DEG 14KT 2527 8111
$$
BAXTER1 follow-up statement
580
WWUS52 KMFL 011338
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
938 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
FLC087-011347-
/O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120601T1400Z/
MAINLAND MONROE FL-
938 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO HAS
DISSIPATED. THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA OF SOUTHERN MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY.
LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
ARE STILL POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA
FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.
LAT...LON 2525 8118 2533 8115 2534 8112 2531 8109
2533 8105 2536 8107 2540 8101 2542 8104
2543 8111 2550 8106 2533 8086 2528 8095
2533 8099 2531 8109 2523 8103 2519 8111
TIME...MOT...LOC 1337Z 224DEG 14KT 2530 8107
$$
BAXTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 2:42 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade, Monroe | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 4:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 53 min | |
| Jun 1, 4:49 AM EDT | Flood Watch | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more | 15 hr |
| Jun 1, 7:24 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 81 min | |
| Jun 1, 8:03 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 87 min | |
| Jun 1, 8:39 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 96 min | |
| Jun 1, 8:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 9:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 38 min | |
| Jun 1, 10:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 94 min | |
| Jun 1, 11:28 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 51 min | |
| Jun 1, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 60 min | |
| Jun 1, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade, Monroe | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 54 min |
| Jun 1, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 52 min | |
| Jun 1, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 20 min |
| Jun 1, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 55 min | |
| Jun 1, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 96 min | |
| Jun 1, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 24 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.