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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Miami, FL

June 6, 2013Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2013, 6:39 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 36 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, 6:39 AM EDT (10:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2013, 7:15 AM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:41 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 6, 6:45 AM EDTTORNADO 12 Nnw The Acreage, FL*** 1 INJ *** HOMES DAMAGED... TREES AND POWER POLES SNAPPED AND DOWNED. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 2 MILES AND THE PATH WIDTH WAS 50 TO 100 YARDS.
Jun 6, 6:45 AM EDTTORNADO2 Nnw The Acreage, FL*** 1 INJ *** HOMES DAMAGED... TREES AND POWER POLES SNAPPED AND DOWNED.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 6, 3:42 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 114 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2013-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1865 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2013-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1865 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

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

169 
WFUS52 KMFL 061039
TORMFL
FLC099-061115-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0009.130606T1039Z-130606T1115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
639 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 715 AM EDT

* AT 638 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES         
  SOUTHWEST OF NORTH COUNTY AIRPORT...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTH COUNTY AIRPORT...
  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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 2672 8023 2673 8029 2696 8037 2696 8024
      2696 8016
TIME...MOT...LOC 1039Z 180DEG 20KT 2675 8027

$$
KONARIK
1 follow-up statement
639 
WWUS52 KMFL 061048
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
648 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013

FLC099-061115-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130606T1115Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
648 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY...

AT 647 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE ACREAGE...MOVING NORTH AT 30
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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2684 8020 2677 8023 2677 8027 2696 8031
      2696 8016
TIME...MOT...LOC 1048Z 190DEG 26KT 2680 8024

$$
KONARIK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 8:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Collier, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe72 min
Jun 5, 9:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach55 min
Jun 5, 9:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach73 min
Jun 5, 11:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry28 min
Jun 6, 12:11 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL64 min
Jun 6, 12:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier, Monroe40 min
Jun 6, 12:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier, Monroe53 min
Jun 6, 1:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier, Monroe72 min
Jun 6, 2:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry27 min
Jun 6, 2:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach23 min
Jun 6, 3:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe66 min
Jun 6, 3:13 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach32 min
Jun 6, 3:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades, Hendry59 min
Jun 6, 3:19 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL56 min
Jun 6, 3:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward35 min
Jun 6, 3:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades34 min
Jun 6, 3:50 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade25 min
Jun 6, 4:08 AM EDTFlood WatchMFLCollier, Glades, Hendry15 hr
Jun 6, 4:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Monroe78 min
Jun 6, 4:21 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLBroward24 min
Jun 6, 5:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward25 min
Jun 6, 5:08 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL37 min
Jun 6, 5:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward34 min
Jun 6, 5:14 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL91 min
Jun 6, 5:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach77 min
Jun 6, 5:43 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLMiami-Dade32 min
Jun 6, 6:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach25 min
Jun 6, 6:12 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL33 min
Jun 6, 6:21 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach24 min
Jun 6, 6:42 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL48 min
Jun 6, 6:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward46 min
Jun 6, 6:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach34 min
Jun 6, 6:59 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach31 min
Jun 6, 7:30 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL30 min
Jun 6, 7:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMartin28 min
Jun 6, 7:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach25 min
Jun 6, 7:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward49 min
Jun 6, 7:55 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL50 min
Jun 6, 7:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach48 min
Jun 6, 8:00 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach30 min
Jun 6, 8:28 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach32 min
Jun 6, 8:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach47 min
Jun 6, 9:13 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL17 min
Jun 6, 10:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward24 min
Jun 6, 11:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades44 min
Jun 6, 11:37 AM EDTRip Current StatementMFLCollier14 hr
Jun 6, 12:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach28 min
Jun 6, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL29 min
Jun 6, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLOkeechobee23 min
Jun 6, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades25 min
Jun 6, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades29 min
Jun 6, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier25 min
Jun 6, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Jun 6, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach37 min
Jun 6, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach47 min
Jun 6, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 min
Jun 6, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward26 min
Jun 6, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach28 min
Jun 6, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach26 min
Jun 6, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach34 min
Jun 6, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL91 min
Jun 6, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL83 min
Jun 6, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade32 min
Jun 6, 6:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade2 hr
Jun 6, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Jun 6, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL90 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.