Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Miami, FL
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.
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, 6:45 AM EDT | TORNADO 1 | 2 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 EDT | TORNADO | 2 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 3:42 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$
KONARIK1 follow-up statement
639
WWUS52 KMFL 061048
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
648 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
FLC099-061115-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130606T1115Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
648 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY...
AT 647 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE ACREAGE...MOVING NORTH AT 30
MPH.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS.
GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2684 8020 2677 8023 2677 8027 2696 8031
2696 8016
TIME...MOT...LOC 1048Z 190DEG 26KT 2680 8024
$$
KONARIKThe 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, 6:42 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, 8:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 30 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.