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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Miami, FL

February 16, 2016Collier County, Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 16, 2016, 4:58 AM EST for Collier County, Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports 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: Feb 16, 2016, 4:58 AM EST (09:58 UTC)
Expired: Feb 16, 2016, 5:30 AM EST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Collier County, FL, Hendry County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 16, 5:10 AM EST	TORNADO	10 Ese Sunniland, FL	FHP OFFICER HEADED EASTBOUND ON I-75 REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY AROUND MILE MARKER 70 AT 510AM. THE OFFICER LOST SITE OF THE TORNADO AT MILE MARKER 66 AT 517AM AS IT CONTINUED TO TRAVEL NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE INTERSTATE.
Feb 16, 5:10 AM EST	TORNADO	9 E Miles City, FL	FHP OFFICER HEADED EASTBOUND ON I-75 REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY AROUND MILE MARKER 70 AT 510AM. THE OFFICER LOST SITE OF THE TORNADO AT MILE MARKER 66 AT 517AM AS IT CONTINUED TO TRAVEL NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE INTERSTATE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 105 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

940 
WFUS52 KMFL 160958
TORMFL
FLC021-051-161030-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0019.160216T0958Z-160216T1030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
458 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
  SOUTHEASTERN HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 530 AM EST
    
* AT 457 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HENDRY CORRECTIONAL...OR 11 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF AVE MARIA...MOVING EAST 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...
  HENDRY CORRECTIONAL...MILE MARKER 60 ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...BIG CYPRESS
  NATIONAL PRESERVE...MILES CITY AND INTERSECTION ALLIGATOR ALLEY AND
  SR 839.

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 2627 8136 2643 8103 2614 8100 2615 8137
TIME...MOT...LOC 0957Z 251DEG 29KT 2621 8132 

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

$$

KSCHARF

2 follow-up statements

362 
WWUS52 KMFL 161017
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
517 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016

FLC021-051-161030-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160216T1030Z/
COLLIER FL-HENDRY FL-
517 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM EST FOR EAST
CENTRAL COLLIER AND SOUTHEASTERN HENDRY COUNTIES...
    
AT 517 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HENDRY CORRECTIONAL...OR 20 MILES EAST OF AVE MARIA...
MOVING EAST 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EAST CENTRAL COLLIER AND SOUTHEASTERN HENDRY COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 2621 8114 2629 8117 2643 8103 2623 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 1017Z 251DEG 31KT 2627 8111 

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

$$

KSCHARF

296 
WWUS52 KMFL 161027
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
527 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016

FLC021-051-161036-
/O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160216T1030Z/
COLLIER FL-HENDRY FL-
527 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL COLLIER AND SOUTHEASTERN
HENDRY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 AM EST...
                
THE STORM WHICH EARLIER PRODUCED A TORNADO HAS WEAKENED AND NO
LONGER APPEARS TO BE PRODUCING A TORNADO. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER THE STORM REMAINS IN AN ENVIRONMENT
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. IN ADDITION, GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2621 8114 2629 8117 2643 8103 2623 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 1023Z 251DEG 29KT 2627 8111 

$$

KSCHARF

The 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, 4:29 AM EST	Tornado Warning	MFL	Collier	31 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.