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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Key West, FL
NWS Key West, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 15, 2016, 3:28 PM EST for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 14 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 15, 2016, 3:28 PM EST (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2016, 3:42 PM EST
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Key West, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Monroe County, FL
The radar
The Key West radar (KBYX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 773 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted.
479
WFUS52 KKEY 152028
TORKEY
FLC087-152100-
/O.NEW.KKEY.TO.W.0001.160115T2028Z-160115T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
328 PM EST FRI JAN 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MIDDLE KEYS IN MONROE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EST
* AT 327 PM EST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR MARATHON. DOPPLER RADAR
SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...MARATHON AND KEY COLONY BEACH
THIS INCLUDES US 1 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 51 AND 58.
LAT...LON 2472 8108 2472 8107 2474 8104 2473 8104
2474 8099 2475 8100 2476 8099 2475 8098
2478 8094 2476 8096 2477 8093 2474 8098
2473 8101 2472 8102 2471 8107
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 240DEG 29KT 2473 8103
$$
041 follow-up statement
241
WWUS52 KKEY 152042
SVSKEY
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
342 PM EST FRI JAN 15 2016
FLC087-152052-
/O.CAN.KKEY.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160115T2100Z/
MIDDLE KEYS IN MONROE FL-
342 PM EST FRI JAN 15 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MIDDLE KEYS IN MONROE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 2472 8108 2472 8107 2474 8104 2473 8104
2474 8099 2475 8100 2476 8099 2475 8098
2478 8094 2476 8096 2477 8093 2474 8098
2473 8101 2472 8102 2471 8107
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 240DEG 29KT 2479 8091
$$
04The office that day
Everything else NWS Key West, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 11:38 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 52 min | |
| Jan 15, 12:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | KEY | 48 min | |
| Jan 15, 1:00 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 60 min | |
| Jan 15, 1:17 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 58 min | |
| Jan 15, 1:31 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 59 min | |
| Jan 15, 2:15 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 60 min | |
| Jan 15, 2:37 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 68 min | |
| Jan 15, 2:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | KEY | 32 min | |
| Jan 15, 2:53 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 52 min | |
| Jan 15, 3:13 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 62 min | |
| Jan 15, 3:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | KEY | 45 min | |
| Jan 15, 3:19 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 56 min | |
| Jan 15, 3:53 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 67 min | |
| Jan 15, 3:54 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 66 min | |
| Jan 15, 4:27 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.