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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Miami, FL

January 28, 2016Palm Beach County, Florida

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 28, 10:35 AM ESTTORNADO1 Sw Ocean Ridge, FLREPORTS 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-01-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 374 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 2016-01-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 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
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

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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

$$

PS
1 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 

$$

PS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 7:24 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL66 min
Jan 28, 3:53 AM ESTFlood WatchMFLBroward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach17 hr
Jan 28, 4:02 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL43 min
Jan 28, 4:05 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL33 hr
Jan 28, 4:33 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL42 min
Jan 28, 4:51 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL24 min
Jan 28, 5:14 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL61 min
Jan 28, 5:17 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL58 min
Jan 28, 5:32 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe43 min
Jan 28, 6:09 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL51 min
Jan 28, 8:49 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward41 min
Jan 28, 9:17 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward43 min
Jan 28, 10:44 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL91 min
Jan 28, 10:52 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL38 min
Jan 28, 11:10 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL35 min
Jan 28, 12:16 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL29 min
Jan 28, 12:47 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL88 min
Jan 28, 2:28 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningMFLGlades5 days
Jan 28, 4:35 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL55 min
Jan 28, 5:26 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL64 min
Jan 28, 6:04 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier41 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.