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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 17, 2016, 6:12 AM EST for Glades County, Hendry County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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
- Jan 17, 2016, 6:12 AM EST (11:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2016, 6:45 AM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 113 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.
342
WFUS52 KMFL 171112
TORMFL
FLC043-051-099-171145-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0007.160117T1112Z-160117T1145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
612 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA...
SOUTHEASTERN GLADES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA...
NORTHEASTERN HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 645 AM EST
* AT 611 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTURA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 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...
BELLE GLADE...CLEWISTON...PAHOKEE...SOUTH BAY AND LAKE HARBOR.
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.
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 2662 8063 2648 8108 2663 8119 2679 8095
2677 8094 2673 8085 2670 8082 2670 8078
2669 8074 2670 8072 2674 8073 2676 8075
2678 8073 2674 8071 2676 8069 2681 8070
2684 8065 2689 8062 2696 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 1111Z 236DEG 58KT 2661 8106
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
PS2 follow-up statements
047
WWUS52 KMFL 171124
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
624 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
FLC043-051-099-171145-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160117T1145Z/
PALM BEACH FL-GLADES FL-HENDRY FL-
624 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN PALM BEACH...SOUTHEASTERN GLADES AND NORTHEASTERN HENDRY
COUNTIES...
AT 624 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CLEWISTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELLE GLADE...CLEWISTON...PAHOKEE...SOUTH BAY AND LAKE HARBOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 2662 8063 2658 8100 2669 8107 2679 8095
2677 8094 2673 8085 2670 8082 2670 8078
2669 8074 2670 8072 2674 8073 2676 8075
2678 8073 2674 8071 2676 8069 2681 8070
2684 8065 2689 8062 2696 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 1124Z 234DEG 59KT 2675 8086
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
PS353
WWUS52 KMFL 171141
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
641 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
FLC043-051-099-171150-
/O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160117T1145Z/
PALM BEACH FL-GLADES FL-HENDRY FL-
641 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PALM BEACH...SOUTHEASTERN
GLADES AND NORTHEASTERN HENDRY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 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. HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AND
THEREFORE A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2662 8063 2658 8100 2669 8107 2679 8095
2677 8094 2673 8085 2670 8082 2670 8078
2669 8074 2670 8072 2674 8073 2676 8075
2678 8073 2674 8071 2676 8069 2681 8070
2684 8065 2689 8062 2696 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 1139Z 236DEG 58KT 2675 8086
$$
PSThe 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, 5:17 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 28 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, 6:45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.