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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Miami, FL

June 6, 2012Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2012, 5:42 AM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 28 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 6, 2012, 5:42 AM EDT (09:42 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2012, 6:10 AM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Collier County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2033 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1306 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

900 
WFUS52 KMFL 060942
TORMFL
FLC021-061030-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0007.120606T0942Z-120606T1030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
542 AM EDT WED JUN 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OCHOPEE...

* UNTIL 630 AM EDT

* AT 540 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR COPELAND...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL COLLIER 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.

&&

LAT...LON 2623 8128 2610 8104 2587 8128 2595 8137
TIME...MOT...LOC 0942Z 215DEG 20KT 2599 8128

$$

MJB

1 follow-up statement

372 
WWUS52 KMFL 061010
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
610 AM EDT WED JUN 6 2012

FLC021-061020-
/O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120606T1030Z/
COLLIER FL-
610 AM EDT WED JUN 6 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL COLLIER 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. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO
50 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.

LAT...LON 2623 8128 2610 8104 2587 8128 2595 8137
TIME...MOT...LOC 1010Z 215DEG 20KT 2612 8118

$$

MJB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 2:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	49 min
Jun 6, 3:02 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		58 min
Jun 6, 3:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	24 min
Jun 6, 3:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Collier, Hendry	34 min
Jun 6, 3:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	43 min
Jun 6, 4:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier, Hendry	48 min
Jun 6, 4:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Hendry	41 min
Jun 6, 4:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach	40 min
Jun 6, 4:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	23 min
Jun 6, 4:59 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		68 min
Jun 6, 5:05 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		85 min
Jun 6, 5:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	46 min
Jun 6, 5:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Collier	51 min
Jun 6, 5:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	44 min
Jun 6, 5:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Collier	42 min
Jun 6, 5:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	35 min
Jun 6, 6:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	41 min
Jun 6, 6:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	31 min
Jun 6, 6:47 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		58 min
Jun 6, 7:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Palm Beach	44 min
Jun 6, 7:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Palm Beach	27 min
Jun 6, 7:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	46 min
Jun 6, 7:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	42 min
Jun 6, 7:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Miami-Dade	39 min
Jun 6, 7:40 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		65 min
Jun 6, 7:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	35 min
Jun 6, 7:54 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		66 min
Jun 6, 8:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	28 min
Jun 6, 8:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward	16 min
Jun 6, 8:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Miami-Dade	37 min
Jun 6, 8:37 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		53 min
Jun 6, 8:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Miami-Dade	37 min
Jun 6, 8:49 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		56 min
Jun 6, 8:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	23 min
Jun 6, 9:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	28 min
Jun 6, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		66 min
Jun 6, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	23 min
Jun 6, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	25 min
Jun 6, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		35 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.