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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 2014, 2:18 PM EST for Broward County, Hendry County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 27 min. 3 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
- Mar 6, 2014, 2:18 PM EST (19:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2014, 2:45 PM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Broward County, FL, Hendry County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2:21 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 52 | 15 W Weston, FL | A WEST-NORTHWEST THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST OF 52 MPH WAS RECORDED AT THE BROWARD SHERIFFS OFFICE LOCATED ALONG I75 AT 221 PM EST. |
| Mar 6, 2:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ssw Okeelanta, FL | MULTIPLE POWER LINES DOWN FROM POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Mar 6, 2:30 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 Ssw Okeelanta, FL | MULTIPLE EYE-WITNESSES OBSERVED BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. POWER LINES DOWN IN VICINITY OF OKEELANTA ROAD AND HIGHWAY 27. DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF EF-0 TORNADO. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 11:28 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 888 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 967 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
616
WFUS52 KMFL 061918
TORMFL
FLC011-051-099-061945-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0001.140306T1918Z-140306T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
218 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
RURAL WESTERN BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...
RURAL SOUTHWESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...
RURAL EXTREME EAST CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 245 PM EST
* AT 214 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLEY LAND WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT AREA TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF INTERSECTION ALLIGATOR ALLEY
AND MIAMI CANAL...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
* THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT...
HOLEY LAND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...
INTERSECTION ALLIGATOR ALLEY AND MIAMI CANAL...
EAST TOLL GATE ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...
INTERSECTION I-75 AND U.S. 27...
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 2669 8031 2638 8029 2611 8045 2604 8070
2655 8091
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 251DEG 44KT 2650 8076 2607 8060
$$
BAXTER2 follow-up statements
203
WWUS52 KMFL 061926
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
226 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
FLC051-061936-
/O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140306T1945Z/
HENDRY FL-
226 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2659 8075 2669 8031 2638 8029 2611 8045
2606 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 251DEG 44KT 2653 8064 2609 8048
$$
FLC011-099-061945-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140306T1945Z/
BROWARD FL-PALM BEACH FL-
226 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
PALM BEACH AND CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTIES...
AT 223 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING TORNADOS. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 25
MILES NORTH OF INTERSECTION ALLIGATOR ALLEY AND MIAMI CANAL TO EAST
TOLL GATE ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORM'S PATH AND
TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF
YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2659 8075 2669 8031 2638 8029 2611 8045
2606 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 251DEG 44KT 2653 8064 2609 8048
$$
KONARIK213
WWUS52 KMFL 061943
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
243 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
FLC011-099-061952-
/O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140306T1945Z/
BROWARD FL-PALM BEACH FL-
243 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL PALM BEACH AND CENTRAL BROWARD
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM EST...
THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO
40 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA FOR THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES AT ANYTIME...AND A
TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2659 8075 2669 8031 2638 8029 2611 8045
2606 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 251DEG 44KT 2659 8043 2615 8027
$$
BAXTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 10:43 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 92 min | |
| Mar 6, 11:33 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 87 min | |
| Mar 6, 11:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 71 min |
| Mar 6, 12:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 67 min |
| Mar 6, 12:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry, Monroe | 78 min |
| Mar 6, 12:51 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 54 min | |
| Mar 6, 12:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Hendry, Monroe | 67 min |
| Mar 6, 1:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier, Hendry, Monroe | 23 min |
| Mar 6, 1:46 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 59 min | |
| Mar 6, 1:49 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 56 min | |
| Mar 6, 1:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 23 min |
| Mar 6, 1:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach | 76 min |
| Mar 6, 2:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Collier, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach | 58 min |
| Mar 6, 2:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 70 min |
| Mar 6, 2:06 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 54 min | |
| Mar 6, 2:11 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Mar 6, 2:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 55 min |
| Mar 6, 2:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 61 min |
| Mar 6, 3:07 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 38 min |
| Mar 6, 3:15 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 60 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.