Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2017, 5:38 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 22 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 2, 2017, 5:38 PM EDT (21:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2017, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 506 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
378
WFUS52 KMFL 022138
TORMFL
FLC099-022200-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0010.170502T2138Z-170502T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Miami FL
538 PM EDT TUE MAY 2 2017
The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Palm Beach County in southeastern Florida...
* Until 600 PM EDT
* At 538 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles east of Fremd Village-Padgett Island, or 9
miles southeast of Canal Point, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
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 555 PM EDT.
Royal Palm Beach, Loxahatchee Groves and The Acreage around 600 PM
EDT.
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 2671 8059 2686 8059 2688 8023 2665 8025
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 272DEG 30KT 2678 8052
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
SIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 12:48 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 19 hr |
| May 2, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| May 2, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 31 min |
| May 2, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 33 min |
| May 2, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 24 min |
| May 2, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 35 min |
| May 2, 5:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 33 min |
| May 2, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 44 min |
| May 2, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 38 min |
| May 2, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 42 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.