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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 16, 2016, 4:29 AM EST for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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
- Feb 16, 2016, 4:29 AM EST (09:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2016, 5:00 AM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Collier County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2:19 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 636 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted.
265
WFUS52 KMFL 160929
TORMFL
FLC021-161000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0018.160216T0929Z-160216T1000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
429 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 500 AM EST
* AT 428 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST TOLL GATE ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...OR 7 MILES
SOUTH OF GOLDEN GATE ESTATES...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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GOLDEN GATE ESTATES...WEST TOLL GATE ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...SUNNILAND...
MILES CITY AND INTERSECTION I-75 AND EVERGLADES BLVD.
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 2606 8160 2615 8165 2635 8136 2618 8123
TIME...MOT...LOC 0928Z 240DEG 30KT 2612 8158
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
KSCHARF1 follow-up statement
571
WWUS52 KMFL 160940
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
440 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
FLC021-161000-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160216T1000Z/
COLLIER FL-
440 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EST FOR CENTRAL
COLLIER COUNTY...
AT 440 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOLDEN GATE ESTATES...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUNNILAND AND MILES CITY.
LAT...LON 2609 8152 2620 8152 2635 8136 2618 8123
TIME...MOT...LOC 0940Z 244DEG 33KT 2616 8146
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
KSCHARFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 3:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 39 min |
| Feb 16, 3:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry | 55 min |
| Feb 16, 3:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Glades | 32 min |
| Feb 16, 4:00 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 30 min |
| Feb 16, 4:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 43 min |
| Feb 16, 4:39 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 81 min | |
| Feb 16, 4:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry | 89 min |
| Feb 16, 4:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 32 min |
| Feb 16, 6:01 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 29 min |
| Feb 16, 6:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 58 min |
| Feb 16, 6:21 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 114 min | |
| Feb 16, 6:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 36 min |
| Feb 16, 6:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 27 min |
| Feb 16, 6:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 8 min |
| Feb 16, 7:07 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 11 min |
| Feb 16, 7:13 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 6 min |
| Feb 16, 7:23 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 37 min |
| Feb 16, 7:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 24 min |
| Feb 16, 7:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 21 min |
| Feb 16, 7:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 12 min |
| Feb 16, 8:10 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 95 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.