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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2014, 2:53 PM EDT for Miami-Dade 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
- May 15, 2014, 2:53 PM EDT (18:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2014, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Miami-Dade County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 4 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 151853
TORMFL
FLC086-151930-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0004.140515T1853Z-140515T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
253 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 330 PM EDT
* AT 252 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
OVER FOUNTAINBLEAU...OR NEAR SOUTH MIAMI...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HIALEAH...DORAL...HIALEAH GARDENS...MIAMI SPRINGS...SWEETWATER...
MEDLEY...GLADEVIEW...FOUNTAINBLEAU...MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
WEST LITTLE RIVER...UNIVERSITY PARK...WESTCHESTER...CORAL
TERRACE...VIRGINIA GARDENS 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 2574 8034 2577 8038 2589 8032 2585 8021
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 239DEG 22KT 2577 8036
$$
KONARIK3 follow-up statements
813
WWUS52 KMFL 151904
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
304 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
FLC086-151930-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140515T1930Z/
MIAMI-DADE FL-
304 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...
AT 303 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
FOUNTAINBLEAU...OR NEAR HIALEAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HIALEAH...DORAL...MIAMI SPRINGS...MEDLEY...GLADEVIEW...MIAMI
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...WEST LITTLE RIVER...FOUNTAINBLEAU...VIRGINIA
GARDENS AND BROWNSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2577 8032 2579 8035 2589 8031 2585 8021
2579 8028
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 228DEG 11KT 2579 8033
$$
KONARIK473
WWUS52 KMFL 151909
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
309 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
FLC086-151930-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140515T1930Z/
MIAMI-DADE FL-
309 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...
AT 308 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HIALEAH...DORAL...MIAMI SPRINGS...MEDLEY...GLADEVIEW...MIAMI
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...WEST LITTLE RIVER...VIRGINIA GARDENS 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 2578 8031 2579 8034 2588 8031 2585 8021
2579 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 226DEG 13KT 2580 8031
$$
BAXTER190
WWUS52 KMFL 151916
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
316 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
FLC086-151926-
/O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140515T1930Z/
MIAMI-DADE FL-
316 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MIAMI.
LAT...LON 2578 8031 2579 8034 2588 8031 2585 8021
2579 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 239DEG 22KT 2583 8026
$$
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, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 33 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.