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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 28, 2016, 10:35 AM EST for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 13 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 28, 2016, 10:35 AM EST (15:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2016, 10:48 AM EST
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 10:35 AM EST | TORNADO | 1 Sw Ocean Ridge, FL | REPORTS FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES OF TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE FROM DELRAY BEACH TO BOYNTON BEACH AND OCEAN RIDGE. LIKELY CAUSED BY TORNADO WHICH MOVED N-NE FROM ATLANTIC AVENUE AND HOMEWOOD BLVD TO ALONG SOUTH FEDERAL HIGHWAY IN BOYNTON BEACH. A SURVEY TEAM WILL |
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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted.
518
WFUS52 KMFL 281535
TORMFL
FLC099-281600-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0015.160128T1535Z-160128T1600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1035 AM EST THU JAN 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 1100 AM EST
* AT 1034 AM EST...A SEVERE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS
LOCATED OVER VILLAGE OF GOLF...OR OVER DELRAY BEACH... MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 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.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
OCEAN RIDGE AROUND 1045 AM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC STORM INCLUDE GULF
STREAM...MANALAPAN...BRINY BREEZES AND HYPOLUXO.
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 2656 8005 2653 8005 2656 8004 2644 8006
2642 8006 2642 8007 2648 8014 2656 8006
2657 8004
TIME...MOT...LOC 1534Z 218DEG 30KT 2647 8009
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
PS1 follow-up statement
683
WWUS52 KMFL 281548
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1048 AM EST THU JAN 28 2016
FLC099-281558-
/O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
1048 AM EST THU JAN 28 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND
INTO THE ADJACENT WATERS. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 2656 8005 2653 8005 2656 8004 2644 8006
2642 8006 2642 8007 2648 8014 2656 8006
2657 8004
TIME...MOT...LOC 1547Z 218DEG 30KT 2656 8001
$$
PSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 7:24 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 66 min | |
| Jan 28, 3:53 AM EST | Flood Watch | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach | 17 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:02 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 43 min | |
| Jan 28, 4:05 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 33 hr | |
| Jan 28, 4:33 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 42 min | |
| Jan 28, 4:51 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 24 min | |
| Jan 28, 5:14 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 61 min | |
| Jan 28, 5:17 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 58 min | |
| Jan 28, 5:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 43 min |
| Jan 28, 6:09 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 51 min | |
| Jan 28, 8:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 41 min |
| Jan 28, 9:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 43 min |
| Jan 28, 10:44 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 91 min | |
| Jan 28, 10:52 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 38 min | |
| Jan 28, 11:10 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 35 min | |
| Jan 28, 12:16 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 29 min | |
| Jan 28, 12:47 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 88 min | |
| Jan 28, 2:28 PM EST | River Flood Warning | MFL | Glades | 5 days |
| Jan 28, 4:35 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 55 min | |
| Jan 28, 5:26 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 64 min | |
| Jan 28, 6:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 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.