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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2016, 6:05 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 25 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
- May 17, 2016, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2016, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 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), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 2656 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted.
929
WFUS52 KMFL 172205
TORMFL
FLC011-172230-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0026.160517T2205Z-160517T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
605 PM EDT TUE MAY 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 605 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INTERSECTION ALLIGATOR ALLEY AND
MIAMI CANAL...OR 23 MILES WEST OF MIRAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
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...
MILE MARKER 30 ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 2600 8074 2605 8076 2617 8054 2605 8048
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 245DEG 9KT 2604 8072
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
ALM1 follow-up statement
607
WWUS52 KMFL 172229
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
629 PM EDT TUE MAY 17 2016
FLC011-172238-
/O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160517T2230Z/
BROWARD FL-
629 PM EDT TUE MAY 17 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BROWARD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
630 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 2600 8074 2605 8076 2617 8054 2605 8048
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 245DEG 9KT 2604 8072
$$
ALMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 53 min |
| May 17, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry, Palm Beach | 89 min |
| May 17, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 58 min | |
| May 17, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 28 min |
| May 17, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades | 28 min |
| May 17, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 46 min | |
| May 17, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 75 min |
| May 17, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 15 min |
| May 17, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 58 min |
| May 17, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 62 min |
| May 17, 7:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 3 hr |
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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.