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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Miami, FL

May 18, 2016Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2016, 3:25 AM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 15 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 18, 2016, 3:25 AM EDT (07:25 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2016, 3:40 AM EDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

County Broward County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:25 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2643 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2643 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

As transmitted.

425 
WFUS52 KMFL 180725
TORMFL
FLC011-180800-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0027.160518T0725Z-160518T0800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
325 AM EDT WED MAY 18 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 AM EDT
    
* AT 325 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR INTERSECTION I-75 AND U.S. 27...OR 11 MILES WEST OF
  SUNRISE...MOVING EAST AT 15 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
  CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 2619 8050 2624 8049 2625 8037 2616 8040
TIME...MOT...LOC 0725Z 286DEG 13KT 2621 8046 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

PS
1 follow-up statement
946 
WWUS52 KMFL 180740
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
340 AM EDT WED MAY 18 2016

FLC011-180748-
/O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160518T0800Z/
BROWARD FL-
340 AM EDT WED MAY 18 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
                
THE ROTATION WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. HOWEVER, A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA FOR
EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING ACTIVITY AS WELL AS POSSIBILITY OF FUNNEL CLOUD
FORMATION AND BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS.

LAT...LON 2619 8050 2624 8049 2625 8037 2616 8040
TIME...MOT...LOC 0737Z 286DEG 13KT 2620 8041 

$$

PS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 8:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades44 min
May 17, 8:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward56 min
May 17, 9:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLGlades, Hendry3 hr
May 17, 10:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades, Hendry62 min
May 17, 10:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL58 min
May 17, 11:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier, Hendry55 min
May 17, 11:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach14 min
May 17, 11:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier, Hendry32 min
May 17, 11:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach56 min
May 18, 12:06 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL54 min
May 18, 12:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier52 min
May 18, 12:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier66 min
May 18, 1:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach50 min
May 18, 1:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier39 min
May 18, 3:01 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL89 min
May 18, 3:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward40 min
May 18, 3:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward63 min
May 18, 4:18 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL57 min
May 18, 4:27 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL33 min
May 18, 4:53 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL97 min
May 18, 6:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach36 min
May 18, 6:16 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL59 min
May 18, 6:56 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL64 min
May 18, 7:56 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL64 min
May 18, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade49 min
May 18, 2:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade117 min
May 18, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades45 min
May 18, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL66 min
May 18, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade65 min
May 18, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade33 min
May 18, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach40 min
May 18, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL51 min
May 18, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade65 min
May 18, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL46 min
May 18, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Collier23 min
May 18, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach46 min
May 18, 3:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade2 hr
May 18, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward32 min
May 18, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach23 min
May 18, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Palm Beach41 min
May 18, 4:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade2 hr
May 18, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL35 min
May 18, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward62 min
May 18, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade54 min
May 18, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades50 min
May 18, 4:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLPalm Beach118 min
May 18, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach47 min
May 18, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL44 min
May 18, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier50 min
May 18, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach19 min
May 18, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade63 min
May 18, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry46 min
May 18, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL44 min
May 18, 7:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLGlades3 hr
May 18, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades23 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.