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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Miami, FL

February 16, 2016Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 16, 2016, 7:07 AM EST for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 11 min. 5 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, 7:07 AM EST (12:07 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2016, 7:18 AM EST
In force
11 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Broward County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:07 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
Feb 16, 7:07 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG1 Nne Southwest Ranches, FLPOWER LINES ARE DOWN ACROSS 130TH AVE AND 36TH CT.
Feb 16, 7:12 AM ESTTORNADO1 S Davie, FLTREES AND POWER POLES DOWN ALONG CANYON MAPLE BOULEVARD. SHINGLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS. EYEWITNESS REPORTS SEEING TORNADO.
Feb 16, 7:14 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG1 Ese Davie, FLPOSSIBLE TORNADO. SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR TREE TOPS PARK. WITNESS REPORTS SEEING DEBRIS IN AIR.
Feb 16, 7:14 AM ESTTORNADO1 Ese Davie, FLSEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR TREE TOPS PARK. WITNESS REPORTS SEEING DEBRIS IN AIR.
Feb 16, 7:20 AM ESTTSTM WND GST 571 Wnw Davie Downtown, FLA THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A WIND GUST OF 57 MPH AT THE MIAMI DOLPHINS TRAINING FACILITY WEATHERBUG SITE.

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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 2016-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1201 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 2016-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 271 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1201 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
668 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
271 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
383 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
8.6

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The text

As transmitted.

449 
WFUS52 KMFL 161207
TORMFL
FLC011-161230-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0021.160216T1207Z-160216T1230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 730 AM EST
    
* AT 707 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED OVER INTERSECTION I-75 AND GRIFFIN ROAD...OR OVER DAVIE...
  MOVING EAST 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...
  PEMBROKE PINES...DAVIE...COOPER CITY...NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
  AND SUNSHINE ACRES.

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 2605 8036 2609 8035 2609 8024 2601 8028
TIME...MOT...LOC 1207Z 287DEG 22KT 2607 8034 

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

$$

GREGORIA
2 follow-up statements
198 
WWUS52 KMFL 161212
SVSMFL

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

FLC011-161230-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160216T1230Z/
BROWARD FL-
712 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY...
    
AT 712 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER DAVIE...MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
PEMBROKE PINES...DAVIE...COOPER CITY...NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY AND
SUNSHINE ACRES.

LAT...LON 2605 8033 2609 8032 2609 8024 2601 8028
TIME...MOT...LOC 1212Z 259DEG 27KT 2608 8030 

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

$$

GREGORIA
788 
WWUS52 KMFL 161218
SVSMFL

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

FLC011-161228-
/O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160216T1230Z/
BROWARD FL-
718 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 2605 8033 2609 8032 2609 8024 2601 8028
TIME...MOT...LOC 1217Z 287DEG 22KT 2607 8026 

$$

GREGORIA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 3:36 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades39 min
Feb 16, 3:50 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier, Glades, Hendry55 min
Feb 16, 3:58 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLGlades32 min
Feb 16, 4:00 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLCollier30 min
Feb 16, 4:17 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier, Hendry43 min
Feb 16, 4:29 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLCollier31 min
Feb 16, 4:39 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL81 min
Feb 16, 4:46 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier, Glades, Hendry89 min
Feb 16, 4:58 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLCollier, Hendry32 min
Feb 16, 6:01 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach29 min
Feb 16, 6:02 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Palm Beach58 min
Feb 16, 6:21 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL114 min
Feb 16, 6:39 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward36 min
Feb 16, 6:48 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach27 min
Feb 16, 6:51 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach8 min
Feb 16, 7:13 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLBroward6 min
Feb 16, 7:23 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward37 min
Feb 16, 7:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward24 min
Feb 16, 7:50 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade21 min
Feb 16, 7:53 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade12 min
Feb 16, 8:10 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL95 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.