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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2014, 2:27 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 33 min. 5 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
- May 15, 2014, 2:27 PM EDT (18:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2014, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Miami-Dade County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2:29 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Wsw Virginia Gardens, FL | AIRPORT TOWER OFFICIALS REPORTED TORNADO 1 MILE WEST OF THEM AND CONTINUED NORTHEAST UNTIL 237 PM. |
| May 15, 2:29 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Wsw Virginia Gardens, FL | AIRPORT TOWER OFFICIALS REPORTED TORNADO 1 MILE WEST OF THEM. |
| May 15, 2:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw West Miami, FL | POLICE REPORTED DAMAGE IN VICINITY 82ND AVENUE AND 14TH STREET. |
| May 15, 2:30 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Nnw West Miami, FL | NWS SURVEY FOUND DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH EF-0 TORNADO...SUPPORTED BY MIAMI AIRPORT TOWER VISUAL OF TORNADO. TORNADO TRACKED EAST-NORTHEAST ALONG 14TH STREET IN DORAL...DAMAGING TREES...STREET SIGNS...AND A VEHICLE. |
| May 15, 3:05 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 W Virginia Gardens, FL | MEDIA REPORTED A WELL DEFINED FUNNEL CLOUD AT ABOUT A MILE WEST OF THE MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. |
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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 2 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
- 763 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS52 KMFL 151827
TORMFL
FLC086-151900-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0003.140515T1827Z-140515T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
227 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT
* AT 226 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
OVER MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...OR NEAR HIALEAH...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HIALEAH...MIAMI GARDENS...NORTH MIAMI...DORAL...MIAMI LAKES...
HIALEAH GARDENS...OPA-LOCKA...MIAMI SPRINGS...MIAMI SHORES...
MEDLEY...WEST LITTLE RIVER...GOLDEN GLADES...PINEWOOD...COUNTRY
CLUB...MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...WESTVIEW...GLADEVIEW...
VIRGINIA GARDENS...SAINT THOMAS UNIVERSITY AND BROWNSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2577 8030 2580 8036 2595 8032 2591 8017
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 205DEG 12KT 2581 8032
$$
BAXTER2 follow-up statements
548
WWUS52 KMFL 151835
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
235 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
FLC086-151900-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140515T1900Z/
MIAMI-DADE FL-
235 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...
AT 229 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ABOUT
ONE MILE WEST OF MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS TORNADIC STORM
WAS LOCATED OVER MIAMI SPRINGS...OR OVER HIALEAH... MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HIALEAH...MIAMI GARDENS...NORTH
MIAMI...MIAMI LAKES...HIALEAH GARDENS...OPA-LOCKA...MIAMI
SPRINGS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2579 8030 2581 8034 2587 8034 2595 8032
2591 8017 2583 8025
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 205DEG 12KT 2584 8031
$$
KONARIK706
WWUS52 KMFL 151842
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
242 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
FLC086-151900-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140515T1900Z/
MIAMI-DADE FL-
242 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...
AT 241 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
HIALEAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MIAMI LAKES...WEST LITTLE RIVER AND GLADEVIEW AROUND 250 PM EDT.
MIAMI GARDENS...NORTH MIAMI...OPA-LOCKA...MIAMI SHORES...
WESTVIEW...PINEWOOD...GOLDEN GLADES AND COUNTRY CLUB AROUND 300 PM
EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SAINT
THOMAS UNIVERSITY AND BROWNSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2582 8027 2584 8032 2587 8032 2594 8029
2591 8017 2583 8025
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 215DEG 13KT 2585 8029
$$
BAXTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 111 min |
| May 15, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 43 min |
| May 15, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 34 min | |
| May 15, 2:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 37 min |
| May 15, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 49 min |
| May 15, 3:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 2 hr |
| May 15, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 37 min |
| May 15, 3:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward | 2 hr |
| May 15, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 47 min | |
| May 15, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 28 min |
| May 15, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 43 min |
| May 15, 4:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 119 min |
| May 15, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 45 min |
| May 15, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 60 min | |
| May 15, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 40 min |
| May 15, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 41 min |
| May 15, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 50 min |
| May 15, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 97 min | |
| May 15, 6:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 112 min |
| May 15, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 38 min |
| May 15, 7:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward | 3 hr |
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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.