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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 14, 2013, 4:26 PM EST for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 64 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2013, 4:26 PM EST (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2013, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 4:33 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 Se Boynton Beach, FL | EMPLOYEE WITNESSED TORNADO IN STORE PARKING LOT. TREES DOWN... CARS MOVED... STOP SIGN BROKEN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 782 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 745 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
314
WFUS52 KMFL 142126
TORMFL
FLC099-142230-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0001.130214T2126Z-130214T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
426 PM EST THU FEB 14 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...DELRAY BEACH...BOYNTON BEACH...
* UNTIL 530 PM EST
* AT 425 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR VILLAGE OF
GOLF...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
VILLAGE OF GOLF...
BOYNTON BEACH...
OCEAN RIDGE...
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.
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. OR YOU CAN
ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI DIRECTLY AT
305.229.4528 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 2655 8004 2652 8004 2650 8005 2644 8006
2645 8014 2651 8018 2658 8004 2658 8003
2655 8003
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 252DEG 8KT 2649 8013
$$
AK1 follow-up statement
425
WWUS52 KMFL 142141
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
441 PM EST THU FEB 14 2013
FLC099-142149-
/O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130214T2230Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
441 PM EST THU FEB 14 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO SIGNATURE
HAS DISSIPATED AND THE STORM HAS MOVED INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS.
THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 2655 8004 2652 8004 2650 8005 2644 8006
2645 8014 2651 8018 2658 8004 2658 8003
2655 8003
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 249DEG 21KT 2652 8004
$$
AKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 7:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 53 min |
| Feb 14, 8:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 63 min |
| Feb 14, 11:16 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 59 min | |
| Feb 14, 2:14 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 46 min | |
| Feb 14, 2:23 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 52 min |
| Feb 14, 3:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 42 min |
| Feb 14, 3:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 52 min |
| Feb 14, 4:11 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 49 min | |
| Feb 14, 5:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 52 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.