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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 9, 2017, 7:02 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 13 min. 1 report 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
- Sep 9, 2017, 7:02 PM EDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2017, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Miami-Dade County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 7:20 PM EDT | TORNADO | 4 W Homestead Park, FL | A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AROUND HOMESTEAD MOTOR SPEEDWAY AT 720 PM EDT. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE ADDED AS INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 12:09 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 1745 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 926 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
318
WFUS52 KMFL 092302
TORMFL
FLC086-092330-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0027.170909T2302Z-170909T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Miami FL
702 PM EDT SAT SEP 9 2017
The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Miami-Dade County in southeastern Florida...
* Until 730 PM EDT
* At 702 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Homestead Miami Speedway, moving west 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.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Homestead General Airport and Royal Palm Ranger around 715 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.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 2549 8033 2534 8039 2541 8076 2559 8071
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 098DEG 50KT 2542 8041
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
IRL1 follow-up statement
904
WWUS52 KMFL 092315
SVSMFL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Miami FL
715 PM EDT SAT SEP 9 2017
FLC086-092325-
/O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-170909T2330Z/
Miami-Dade FL-
715 PM EDT SAT SEP 9 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.
A tornado watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for southeastern
Florida.
LAT...LON 2549 8033 2534 8039 2541 8076 2559 8071
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 098DEG 50KT 2545 8061
$$
IRLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 12:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 58 min |
| Sep 9, 5:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 47 min |
| Sep 9, 6:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 61 min |
| Sep 9, 7:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 42 min |
| Sep 9, 7:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 66 min |
| Sep 9, 8:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 50 min |
| Sep 9, 9:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 44 min |
| Sep 9, 9:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 28 min |
| Sep 9, 9:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade, Monroe | 9 min |
| Sep 9, 9:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 40 min |
| Sep 9, 9:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 23 min |
| Sep 9, 10:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 50 min |
| Sep 9, 10:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 33 min |
| Sep 9, 11:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 41 min |
| Sep 9, 11:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 38 min |
| Sep 9, 12:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 14 min | |
| Sep 9, 12:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 26 min |
| Sep 9, 12:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 55 min |
| Sep 9, 12:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 22 min |
| Sep 9, 12:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 23 min |
| Sep 9, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 36 min | |
| Sep 9, 12:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 39 min |
| Sep 9, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 32 min | |
| Sep 9, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 47 min | |
| Sep 9, 4:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 29 min |
| Sep 9, 4:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 27 min |
| Sep 9, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 26 min | |
| Sep 9, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 32 min | |
| Sep 9, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 29 min | |
| Sep 9, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 27 min | |
| Sep 9, 6:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 38 min |
| Sep 9, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 30 min |
| Sep 9, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 43 min | |
| Sep 9, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 37 min | |
| Sep 9, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 47 min | |
| Sep 9, 6:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Hendry, Palm Beach | 36 min |
| Sep 9, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 31 min |
| Sep 9, 7:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 48 min |
| Sep 9, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 47 min | |
| Sep 9, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 59 min | |
| Sep 9, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 51 min | |
| Sep 9, 7:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 33 min |
| Sep 9, 7:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 26 min |
| Sep 9, 7:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 23 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.