Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 23, 2017, 12:58 AM EST for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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 23, 2017, 12:58 AM EST (05:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2017, 1:30 AM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 22, 9:57 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 635 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1027 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted.
873
WFUS52 KMFL 230558
TORMFL
FLC099-230630-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0001.170123T0558Z-170123T0630Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Miami FL
1258 AM EST MON JAN 23 2017
The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Palm Beach County in southeastern Florida...
* Until 130 AM EST
* At 1258 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Belle Glade, moving northeast 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.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Lion Country Safari Park around 115 AM EST.
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 2660 8066 2670 8072 2696 8038 2670 8031
TIME...MOT...LOC 0558Z 241DEG 42KT 2669 8062
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
ALM1 follow-up statement
879
WWUS52 KMFL 230608
SVSMFL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Miami FL
108 AM EST MON JAN 23 2017
FLC099-230630-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170123T0630Z/
Palm Beach FL-
108 AM EST MON JAN 23 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY...
At 107 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles east of Belle Glade, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Lion Country Safari Park around 120 AM EST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 2664 8053 2678 8062 2680 8059 2694 8037
2671 8031 2667 8042
TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 245DEG 37KT 2673 8052
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
ALMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 11:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 60 min |
| Jan 22, 11:32 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 28 min | |
| Jan 22, 11:50 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 25 min | |
| Jan 23, 12:03 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 57 min | |
| Jan 23, 12:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach | 57 min |
| Jan 23, 12:20 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 25 min | |
| Jan 23, 12:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach | 50 min |
| Jan 23, 12:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 24 min |
| Jan 23, 12:46 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 44 min | |
| Jan 23, 12:54 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Collier, Palm Beach | 66 min |
| Jan 23, 1:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 42 min |
| Jan 23, 1:12 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| Jan 23, 1:17 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 28 min |
| Jan 23, 1:25 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 20 min |
| Jan 23, 1:26 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 94 min | |
| Jan 23, 1:41 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 10 min |
| Jan 23, 1:52 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 83 min | |
| Jan 23, 1:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Monroe, Palm Beach | 64 min |
| Jan 23, 2:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 43 min |
| Jan 23, 2:23 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more | 17 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 31 min |
| Jan 23, 2:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe | 87 min |
| Jan 23, 2:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 26 min |
| Jan 23, 2:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 36 min |
| Jan 23, 2:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade, Monroe | 34 min |
| Jan 23, 2:57 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| Jan 23, 3:06 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 84 min | |
| Jan 23, 3:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe | 40 min |
| Jan 23, 3:42 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 48 min | |
| Jan 23, 3:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 19 min |
| Jan 23, 4:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 44 min |
| Jan 23, 4:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 11 min |
| Jan 23, 4:19 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 41 min | |
| Jan 23, 4:55 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 50 min | |
| Jan 23, 5:43 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 32 min | |
| Jan 23, 5:43 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 32 min | |
| Jan 23, 6:12 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 48 min | |
| Jan 23, 7:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry | 87 min |
| Jan 23, 7:45 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 60 min | |
| Jan 23, 8:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 75 min |
| Jan 23, 9:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 53 min |
| Jan 23, 10:38 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 82 min | |
| Jan 23, 11:34 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 56 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.