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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 17, 2016, 5:17 AM EST for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 28 min. 13 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
- Jan 17, 2016, 5:17 AM EST (10:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2016, 5:45 AM EST
- In force
- 28 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), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 5:25 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ene Naples, FL | PLANES WERE BLOWN FROM PARKING SPACES AND SUFFERED WING AND FLAP DAMAGE AT THE CITY OF NAPLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. |
| Jan 17, 5:25 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw East Naples, FL | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AT GULF COAST CHARTER ACADEMY SOUTH. PICTURE FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 17, 5:25 AM EST | TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 Wsw South Naples, FL | MEASURED BY WEATHERBUG STATION AT HAMILTON HARBOR YACHT CLUB. |
| Jan 17, 5:25 AM EST | TSTM WND GST 82 | 2 Ene Naples, FL | MEASURED AT NAPLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT |
| Jan 17, 5:25 AM EST | TSTM WND GST 84 | 2 Ene Naples, FL | AT WEATHERBUG STATION LOCATED AT NAPLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. |
| Jan 17, 5:29 AM EST | TSTM WND GST 53 | 1 S Pelican Bay, FL | MEASURED BY WEATHERBUG STATION AT NAPLES GRANDE BEACH RESORT. |
| Jan 17, 5:30 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Golden Gate, FL | LARGE TREE ON HOUSE ALONG HUNTER BLVD. PICTURE FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 17, 5:30 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Golden Gate, FL | ROOF DAMAGE TO APARTMENT COMPLEX. PICTURE FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 17, 5:30 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Golden Gate, FL | LARGE PINE TREES WITH TOPS TORN OFF NEAR CORONADO PKWY. LARGE BRANCHES ON TOP OF CARS. |
| Jan 17, 5:30 AM EST | TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 E Lely, FL | MEASURED BY WEATHERBUG STATION ON ROOF OF COLLIER COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER ABOUT 50 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. |
| Jan 17, 5:32 AM EST | TSTM WND GST 55 | 4 Sw Orange Tree, FL | MEASURED AT GOLDEN GATE FIRE STATION 71 |
| Jan 17, 5:40 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Golden Gate, FL | LARGE TREE SNAPPED AND FELL ON TWO CARS IN DRIVEWAY. ANOTHER TREE ACROSS THE STREET FELL ON HOUSE. LOCATION IS 54 TER SW AND 21 PL SW IN GOLDEN GATE CITY. |
| Jan 17, 5:40 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Golden Gate, FL | TREES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN IN NAPLES. A NORFOLK PINE TREE HAS BEEN STRIPPED. A TREE IS ALSO DOWN ON A CARPORT. POWERLINES ARE DOWN IN THE AREA AND A LARGE TREE IS BLOCKING A ROAD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 12:47 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1689 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
835
WFUS52 KMFL 171017
TORMFL
FLC021-171045-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0006.160117T1017Z-160117T1045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
517 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 545 AM EST
* AT 517 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NAPLES...MOVING NORTHEAST 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...GOLDEN GATE ESTATES...VINEYARDS...WEST TOLL GATE ON
ALLIGATOR ALLEY AND NAPLES MANOR.
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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 2632 8180 2632 8166 2642 8166 2642 8157
2645 8156 2620 8140 2604 8175 2604 8176
2603 8177 2609 8180 2629 8183
TIME...MOT...LOC 1017Z 232DEG 70KT 2612 8186
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
SI1 follow-up statement
729
WWUS52 KMFL 171039
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
539 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
FLC021-171049-
/O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160117T1045Z/
COLLIER FL-
539 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN COLLIER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
545 AM EST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
FLORIDA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MIAMI.
LAT...LON 2632 8180 2632 8166 2642 8166 2642 8157
2645 8156 2620 8140 2604 8175 2604 8176
2603 8177 2609 8180 2629 8183
TIME...MOT...LOC 1036Z 232DEG 70KT 2612 8186
$$
SIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 1:36 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 39 min | |
| Jan 17, 1:48 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 42 min | |
| Jan 17, 3:28 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 min | |
| Jan 17, 3:52 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 83 min | |
| Jan 17, 5:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 60 min |
| Jan 17, 5:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 82 min |
| Jan 17, 5:31 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 59 min | |
| Jan 17, 5:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Collier, Hendry, Monroe, Palm Beach | 59 min |
| Jan 17, 5:47 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 58 min | |
| Jan 17, 6:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach | 33 min |
| Jan 17, 6:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 60 min |
| Jan 17, 6:57 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 48 min | |
| Jan 17, 7:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe | 57 min |
| Jan 17, 7:07 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 113 min | |
| Jan 17, 7:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 34 min |
| Jan 17, 7:31 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 119 min | |
| Jan 17, 7:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 11 min |
| Jan 17, 8:48 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 117 min | |
| Jan 17, 8:55 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 35 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.