Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT for Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 30 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 6, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT (12:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2013, 8:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Broward County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:01 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 8:10 AM EDT | TORNADO 0 | 12 Nw Markham Park, FL | TORNADO TOUCHDOWN JUST EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 27 ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF ALLIGATOR ALLEY. TORNADO LIKELY CROSSED INTO SOUTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY. |
| Jun 6, 8:10 AM EDT | TORNADO | 12 Nw Markham Park, FL | MEDIA REPORTS ONGOING TORNADO NORTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 27. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 3:42 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 1826 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 668 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
186 WFUS52 KMFL 061200 TORMFL FLC011-099-061230- /O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0011.130606T1200Z-130606T1230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 800 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA... SOUTH CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA... * UNTIL 830 AM EDT * AT 759 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTY RURAL SOUTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THIS TORNADO MAY IMPACT HIGHWAY 27. 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 1100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA. && LAT...LON 2648 8059 2646 8033 2620 8045 2621 8052 TIME...MOT...LOC 1200Z 187DEG 19KT 2623 8048 $$ KONARIK
1 follow-up statement
921 WWUS52 KMFL 061216 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 816 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013 FLC011-099-061230- /O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130606T1230Z/ BROWARD FL-PALM BEACH FL- 816 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM EDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PALM BEACH AND NORTH CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTIES... AT 815 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE MEDIA REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR HIGHWAY 27 6 MILES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 75 AT 810 AM EDT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2629 8047 2647 8051 2646 8033 2628 8041 TIME...MOT...LOC 1216Z 187DEG 19KT 2632 8043 $$ KONARIK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Collier, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe | 72 min |
| Jun 5, 9:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach | 73 min |
| Jun 5, 11:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 12:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 64 min | |
| Jun 6, 12:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Monroe | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 12:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Monroe | 53 min |
| Jun 6, 1:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Monroe | 72 min |
| Jun 6, 2:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 2:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 23 min |
| Jun 6, 3:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 66 min |
| Jun 6, 3:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 3:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 59 min |
| Jun 6, 3:19 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 56 min | |
| Jun 6, 3:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 3:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 3:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 4:08 AM EDT | Flood Watch | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry | 15 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Monroe | 78 min |
| Jun 6, 4:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 24 min |
| Jun 6, 5:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 5:08 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 37 min | |
| Jun 6, 5:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 5:14 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 91 min | |
| Jun 6, 5:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach | 77 min |
| Jun 6, 5:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 6:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 6:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 33 min | |
| Jun 6, 6:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 24 min |
| Jun 6, 6:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 36 min |
| Jun 6, 6:42 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 48 min | |
| Jun 6, 6:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 6:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 6:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 7:30 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 30 min | |
| Jun 6, 7:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Martin | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 7:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 7:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 7:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 50 min | |
| Jun 6, 7:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 8:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 8:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 9:13 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 17 min | |
| Jun 6, 10:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 24 min |
| Jun 6, 11:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 11:37 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | MFL | Collier | 14 hr |
| Jun 6, 12:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 29 min | |
| Jun 6, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Okeechobee | 23 min |
| Jun 6, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 29 min |
| Jun 6, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Jun 6, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 37 min |
| Jun 6, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 60 min | |
| Jun 6, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 91 min | |
| Jun 6, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 83 min | |
| Jun 6, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 6:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Jun 6, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 90 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.