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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 2014, 4:33 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 12 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
- Aug 16, 2014, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2014, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 4:33 PM EDT | TORNADO | 7 Wnw Boca West, FL | SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO WEST OF CLINT MOORE RD AND THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE AT 433 PM EDT. SPOTTER REPORTED A DURATION OF APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES... WITH NO LINGERING FUNNEL CLOUD. A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AND A FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE EMPLOYEE ALSO REP |
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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 2531 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 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 162033
TORMFL
FLC099-162100-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0005.140816T2033Z-140816T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
433 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT
* AT 432 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR MISSION BAY...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF CORAL SPRINGS. THE TORNADIC
STORM WAS DRIFTING EAST.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOCA RATON...BOYNTON BEACH...DELRAY BEACH...KINGS POINT...VILLAGE
OF GOLF...MISSION BAY...LOXAHATCHEE NWR...WHISPER WALK...HAMPTONS
AT BOCA RATON...DUNES ROAD...BOCA WEST...VILLAGES OF ORIOLE...BOCA
RATON EQUESTRIAN...MORIKAMI PARK...FAU SOUTH CAMPUS AND SOUTH
COUNTY REGIONAL PARK.
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 2635 8030 2649 8031 2655 8009 2637 8008
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 262DEG 4KT 2642 8026
$$
GREGORIA1 follow-up statement
764
WWUS52 KMFL 162045
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
445 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2014
FLC099-162054-
/O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140816T2100Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
445 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE CONFIRMED TORNADO WEST OF THE TURNPIKE
FROM WEST BOCA HAS DISSIPATED. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 2635 8030 2649 8031 2655 8009 2637 8008
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 262DEG 4KT 2642 8025
$$
GREGORIAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 min | |
| Aug 16, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 86 min | |
| Aug 16, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 22 min |
| Aug 16, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| Aug 16, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 23 min |
| Aug 16, 5:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 59 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.