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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Miami, FL

January 27, 2016Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 27, 2016, 11:15 AM EST for Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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
Jan 27, 2016, 11:15 AM EST (16:15 UTC)
Expired
Jan 27, 2016, 11:45 AM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Broward County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:18 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 27, 11:20 AM ESTTORNADO13 Nw Weston, FLLIKELY DEBRIS SIGNATURE OBSERVED ON MIAMI DOPPLER RADAR KAMX FROM 1113 AM TO 1120 AM IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROTATING STORM IN EVERGLADES OF NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTY.

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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 52 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-01-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 583 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
583 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

As transmitted.

456 
WFUS52 KMFL 271615
TORMFL
FLC011-099-271645-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0013.160127T1615Z-160127T1645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1115 AM EST WED JAN 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 1145 AM EST
    
* AT 1114 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR INTERSECTION ALLIGATOR ALLEY AND MIAMI
  CANAL...OR 22 MILES WEST OF DAVIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TAMARAC AND INTERSECTION ALLIGATOR ALLEY AND MIAMI CANAL. 

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 2613 8067 2621 8074 2643 8046 2620 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 1614Z 236DEG 23KT 2620 8064 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

BAXTER
2 follow-up statements
593 
WWUS52 KMFL 271625
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1125 AM EST WED JAN 27 2016

FLC011-099-271645-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160127T1645Z/
BROWARD FL-PALM BEACH FL-
1125 AM EST WED JAN 27 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL BROWARD AND SOUTH CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTIES...
    
AT 1124 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MILE MARKER 30 ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...OR 18 MILES WEST
OF SUNRISE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
I-75 AND US 27.

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.

IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.

&&

LAT...LON 2615 8064 2623 8068 2643 8046 2620 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 1624Z 238DEG 22KT 2623 8058 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

BAXTER
829 
WWUS52 KMFL 271636
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1136 AM EST WED JAN 27 2016

FLC011-099-271645-
/O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160127T1645Z/
BROWARD FL-PALM BEACH FL-
1136 AM EST WED JAN 27 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BROWARD AND SOUTH CENTRAL
PALM BEACH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1145 AM EST...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 2615 8064 2623 8068 2643 8046 2620 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 1632Z 236DEG 23KT 2623 8058 

$$

BAXTER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 3:52 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier38 min
Jan 27, 4:08 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL15 hr
Jan 27, 4:27 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier48 min
Jan 27, 4:38 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL37 min
Jan 27, 4:48 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL27 min
Jan 27, 5:02 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier43 min
Jan 27, 5:14 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL31 min
Jan 27, 5:17 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLCollier, Monroe28 min
Jan 27, 5:24 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier, Hendry51 min
Jan 27, 5:38 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe37 min
Jan 27, 5:42 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL48 min
Jan 27, 5:45 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLCollier, Monroe30 min
Jan 27, 5:57 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier48 min
Jan 27, 6:15 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLMonroe30 min
Jan 27, 6:26 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward49 min
Jan 27, 6:36 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL24 min
Jan 27, 6:51 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe39 min
Jan 27, 7:17 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Palm Beach43 min
Jan 27, 7:56 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Palm Beach49 min
Jan 27, 8:04 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL41 min
Jan 27, 8:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach31 min
Jan 27, 8:48 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL57 min
Jan 27, 8:49 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach26 min
Jan 27, 9:00 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward45 min
Jan 27, 9:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach25 min
Jan 27, 9:27 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach33 min
Jan 27, 9:51 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL54 min
Jan 27, 10:17 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward58 min
Jan 27, 10:22 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward53 min
Jan 27, 10:23 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL37 min
Jan 27, 10:32 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward43 min
Jan 27, 10:43 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward, Palm Beach3 hr
Jan 27, 10:47 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL58 min
Jan 27, 10:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach42 min
Jan 27, 11:08 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL37 min
Jan 27, 11:17 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLCollier3 hr
Jan 27, 11:35 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier40 min
Jan 27, 11:46 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier29 min
Jan 27, 11:49 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward56 min
Jan 27, 11:55 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLCollier35 min
Jan 27, 11:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach34 min
Jan 27, 12:01 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL89 min
Jan 27, 12:10 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward50 min
Jan 27, 12:16 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier44 min
Jan 27, 12:46 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry59 min
Jan 27, 1:22 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL83 min
Jan 27, 1:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward35 min
Jan 27, 1:33 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Palm Beach57 min
Jan 27, 1:39 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward, Palm Beach3 hr
Jan 27, 2:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach29 min
Jan 27, 2:36 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward39 min
Jan 27, 2:45 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL90 min
Jan 27, 2:51 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward54 min
Jan 27, 3:16 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL89 min
Jan 27, 3:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach26 min
Jan 27, 3:22 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward38 min
Jan 27, 3:29 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL46 min
Jan 27, 3:40 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward65 min
Jan 27, 4:10 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward, Palm Beach3 hr
Jan 27, 4:12 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL93 min
Jan 27, 4:16 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL44 min
Jan 27, 4:18 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward27 min
Jan 27, 4:31 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL44 min
Jan 27, 4:34 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL56 min
Jan 27, 4:53 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier52 min
Jan 27, 4:55 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL50 min
Jan 27, 5:04 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLCollier3 hr
Jan 27, 5:23 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL52 min
Jan 27, 6:04 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier56 min
Jan 27, 6:18 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL57 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.