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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 3, 2015, 3:54 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 18 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
- Aug 3, 2015, 3:54 PM EDT (19:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2015, 4:12 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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 3, 3:56 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Nnw Florida Gardens, FL | VIDEO SHOWS TORNADO PASSING THROUGH VILLAGE WALK SUBDIVISION. TORNADO MOVED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD TO WHERE VIDEO WAS RECEIVED FROM OKEEHEELEE PARK OF DAMAGE CONSISTING OF DOWNED TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES AS WELL AS ROOF BLOWN OFF DEROOFING. DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH |
| Aug 3, 4:00 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 N Florida Gardens, FL | VIDEO FROM OKEEHEELEE PARK OF DAMAGE CONSISTING OF DOWNED TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES AS WELL AS ROOF BLOWN OFF DEROOFING. DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH EF-0 TORNADO. |
| Aug 3, 4:05 PM EDT | TORNADO | 4 Wsw Riviera Beach, FL | VIDEO...PHOTOS...AND EYEWITNESS REPORT INDICATE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WEST OF DYER PARK IN THE VICINITY OF THE LANDFILL WEST OF THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE. NO REPORTED DAMAGE |
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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 1163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 902 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
034
WFUS52 KMFL 031954
TORMFL
FLC099-032030-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0002.150803T1954Z-150803T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
354 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 354 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
OVER GOLDEN LAKES...OR NEAR WELLINGTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST PALM BEACH...WELLINGTON...GREENACRES...ROYAL PALM BEACH AND
HAVERHILL.
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 YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2663 8016 2663 8020 2678 8020 2676 8008
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 199DEG 9KT 2666 8018
$$
KONARIK2 follow-up statements
726
WWUS52 KMFL 032001
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
401 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015
FLC099-032030-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150803T2030Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
401 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY...
AT 400 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER GOLDEN
LAKES...OR NEAR WELLINGTON...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. A SECOND AREA
OF STRONG ROTATION IS LOCATED NORTH OF THIS STORM...NEAR HAVERHILL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST PALM BEACH...WELLINGTON...GREENACRES...ROYAL PALM BEACH AND
HAVERHILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2663 8016 2663 8020 2678 8020 2676 8008
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 199DEG 8KT 2666 8017
$$
KONARIK501
WWUS52 KMFL 032012
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
412 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015
FLC099-032022-
/O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150803T2030Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
412 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PALM BEACH 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 HEAVY RAIN IS 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 2663 8016 2663 8020 2678 8020 2676 8008
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 199DEG 9KT 2669 8016
$$
KONARIKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Martin | 41 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.