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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 23, 2017, 1:25 AM EST for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 20 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, 1:25 AM EST (06:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2017, 1:45 AM EST
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Collier County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:26 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.
518
WFUS52 KMFL 230625
TORMFL
FLC021-230645-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0003.170123T0625Z-170123T0645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Miami FL
125 AM EST MON JAN 23 2017
The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Collier County in southwestern Florida...
* Until 145 AM EST
* At 125 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles north of Big Cypress National Preserve, or 25
miles southeast of Ave Maria, moving east 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
east central Collier County.
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 2626 8107 2626 8088 2607 8088 2608 8113
2621 8116
TIME...MOT...LOC 0625Z 255DEG 39KT 2614 8110
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
KScharf1 follow-up statement
762
WWUS52 KMFL 230634
SVSMFL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Miami FL
134 AM EST MON JAN 23 2017
FLC021-230645-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170123T0645Z/
Collier FL-
134 AM EST MON JAN 23 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EST FOR EAST
CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY...
At 134 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Miccosukee Indian Reservation, or 31 miles east of
Ave Maria, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Big Cypress National Preserve.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 2623 8107 2626 8088 2610 8088 2611 8106
TIME...MOT...LOC 0634Z 248DEG 51KT 2619 8097
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
KScharfThe 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, 12:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 32 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, 1:26 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.