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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Miami, FL

June 6, 2016Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2016, 2:56 PM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 19 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: Jun 6, 2016, 2:56 PM EDT (18:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2016, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Collier County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 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 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 1936 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

056 
WFUS52 KMFL 061856
TORMFL
FLC021-061915-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0028.160606T1856Z-160606T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
256 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT
    
* AT 255 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  LOVERS KEY STATE PARK TO NEAR EAST NAPLES...MOVING NORTH AT 60 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...
  NAPLES...NAPLES PARK...EAST NAPLES...NORTH NAPLES AND PELICAN BAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO 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 2633 8185 2632 8182 2632 8180 2612 8175
      2605 8179 2612 8185
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 170DEG 54KT 2634 8195 2611 8179 

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

$$

BAXTER

2 follow-up statements

342 
WWUS52 KMFL 061905
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
305 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

FLC021-061915-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160606T1915Z/
COLLIER FL-
305 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN COLLIER COUNTY...
    
AT 304 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LOVERS KEY STATE PARK
TO NEAR NORTH NAPLES...MOVING NORTH AT 50 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...
NAPLES...NAPLES PARK...NORTH NAPLES AND PELICAN BAY. 

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 2633 8185 2632 8182 2632 8180 2618 8177
      2618 8179 2616 8184 2627 8185
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 178DEG 42KT 2639 8192 2618 8177 

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

$$

BAXTER

346 
WWUS52 KMFL 061910
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
310 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

FLC021-061919-
/O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160606T1915Z/
COLLIER FL-
310 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN COLLIER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
315 PM EDT...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 2633 8185 2632 8182 2632 8180 2618 8177
      2618 8179 2616 8184 2627 8185
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 170DEG 54KT 2639 8192 2618 8177 

$$

BAXTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 8:14 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	MFL	Collier, Monroe	32 hr
Jun 5, 8:14 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	MFL	Collier	48 hr
Jun 5, 10:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		62 min
Jun 6, 12:04 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		56 min
Jun 6, 12:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	40 min
Jun 6, 12:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	47 min
Jun 6, 1:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	44 min
Jun 6, 1:54 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		36 min
Jun 6, 2:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	58 min
Jun 6, 2:35 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		115 min
Jun 6, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		54 min
Jun 6, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		86 min
Jun 6, 2:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	23 min
Jun 6, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier, Monroe	43 min
Jun 6, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	23 min
Jun 6, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier, Glades, Hendry	65 min
Jun 6, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach	38 min
Jun 6, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		64 min
Jun 6, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	49 min
Jun 6, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		22 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.