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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2013, 2:23 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 37 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
- Sep 2, 2013, 2:23 PM EDT (18:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2013, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2:30 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Ssw North Lauderdale, FL | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED FROM NW 86TH TERRACE. |
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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 1786 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 865 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
351 WFUS52 KMFL 021823 TORMFL FLC011-021900- /O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0013.130902T1823Z-130902T1900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 223 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...POMPANO BEACH...MARGATE... * UNTIL 300 PM EDT * AT 221 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NORTH LAUDERDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NORTH LAUDERDALE... MARGATE... 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 2630 8020 2623 8010 2615 8023 2618 8026 TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 215DEG 9KT 2617 8023 $$ AK
2 follow-up statements
618 WWUS52 KMFL 021833 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 233 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013 FLC011-021900- /O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130902T1900Z/ BROWARD FL- 233 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY... AT 230 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH LAUDERDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 2630 8020 2623 8010 2615 8023 2618 8026 TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 215DEG 9KT 2619 8022 $$ AK
868 WWUS52 KMFL 021837 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 237 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013 FLC011-021847- /O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130902T1900Z/ BROWARD FL- 237 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BROWARD 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 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE STILL POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. LAT...LON 2630 8020 2623 8010 2615 8023 2618 8026 TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 215DEG 9KT 2620 8021 $$ AK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 11:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 24 min |
| Sep 2, 11:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 31 min |
| Sep 2, 12:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 25 min |
| Sep 2, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 36 min |
| Sep 2, 1:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 37 min |
| Sep 2, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 37 min |
| Sep 2, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 24 min |
| Sep 2, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 25 min |
| Sep 2, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 26 min |
| Sep 2, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 37 min |
| Sep 2, 2:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 28 min |
| Sep 2, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 28 min |
| Sep 2, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 29 min |
| Sep 2, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Martin | 34 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.