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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 22, 2015, 11:35 AM EST for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 25 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
- Nov 22, 2015, 11:35 AM EST (16:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 22, 2015, 12:00 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 11:42 AM EST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 W Davie Downtown, FL | SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD SW OF INTERSECTION OF 30TH AVE AND S. UNIVERSITY DRIVE. |
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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 878 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
677
WFUS52 KMFL 221635
TORMFL
FLC011-221715-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0005.151122T1635Z-151122T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1135 AM EST SUN NOV 22 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 1215 PM EST
* AT 1134 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER DAVIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DAVIE...PLANTATION...SUNRISE...TAMARAC AND LAUDERHILL.
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 YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2605 8046 2613 8048 2624 8033 2622 8024
2615 8019 2607 8025
TIME...MOT...LOC 1634Z 242DEG 17KT 2615 8037
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
602 follow-up statements
185
WWUS52 KMFL 221649
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1149 AM EST SUN NOV 22 2015
FLC011-221715-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-151122T1715Z/
BROWARD FL-
1149 AM EST SUN NOV 22 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EST FOR EAST
CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY...
AT 1146 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE WESTERN METRO AREAS OF
BROWARD COUNTY.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DAVIE...PLANTATION...SUNRISE...TAMARAC AND LAUDERHILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2605 8046 2613 8048 2624 8033 2622 8024
2615 8019 2607 8025
TIME...MOT...LOC 1646Z 242DEG 17KT 2618 8031
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
60956
WWUS52 KMFL 221700
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1200 PM EST SUN NOV 22 2015
FLC011-221710-
/O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-151122T1715Z/
BROWARD FL-
1200 PM EST SUN NOV 22 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 2605 8046 2613 8048 2624 8033 2622 8024
2615 8019 2607 8025
TIME...MOT...LOC 1657Z 242DEG 17KT 2621 8024
$$
60The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 6:38 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 52 min | |
| Nov 22, 9:21 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 39 min |
| Nov 22, 9:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 53 min |
| Nov 22, 10:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 51 min |
| Nov 22, 10:50 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 8 days | |
| Nov 22, 11:12 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 48 min |
| Nov 22, 12:09 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 51 min | |
| Nov 22, 12:09 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 51 min |
| Nov 22, 12:49 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 26 min | |
| Nov 22, 1:08 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 52 min | |
| Nov 22, 2:10 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 95 min | |
| Nov 22, 2:19 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 56 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.