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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 28, 2017, 5:39 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 21 min. 2 reports 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
- Oct 28, 2017, 5:39 PM EDT (21:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2017, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 5:42 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Nw Boynton Beach, FL | DAMAGE TO MULTIPLE MOBILE HOMES AT A TRAILER PARK NEAR INTERSECTION OF NW 22ND AVE AND LAWRENCE RD IN BOYNTON BEACH. LIKELY TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. |
| Oct 28, 6:08 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 75 | 2 Ne Palm Springs, FL | SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT MESONET SITE FHCHS NEAR INTERSECTION OF FOREST HILL BLVD AND INTERSTATE 95 MEASURED A WIND GUST TO 75 MPH. LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH A TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 897 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
047
WFUS52 KMFL 282139
TORMFL
FLC099-282200-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0044.171028T2139Z-171028T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Miami FL
539 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2017
The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Palm Beach County in southeastern Florida...
* Until 600 PM EDT
* At 539 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Boynton Beach, moving north at 25 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...
Lantana around 545 PM EDT.
Palm Beach and Atlantis around 550 PM EDT.
Lake Worth, Greenacres and Palm Springs around 555 PM EDT.
Wellington, Royal Palm Beach, Haverhill, Cloud Lake, Lake
Belvedere Estates, Royal Palm Estates, Gun Club Estates, Golden
Lakes, Schall Circle and Palm Beach International Airport around
600 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Lakeside Green, Aberdeen, Glen Ridge, Plantation Mobile Home Park,
Lake Worth Corridor, Aberdeen Golf Course, Lake Clarke Shores, Stacey
Street, Florida Gardens and Century Village.
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 2665 8003 2650 8007 2650 8018 2673 8026
2674 8003
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 177DEG 20KT 2655 8014
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
118
WWUS52 KMFL 282156
SVSMFL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Miami FL
556 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2017
FLC099-282206-
/O.EXP.KMFL.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-171028T2200Z/
Palm Beach FL-
556 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 600 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 2665 8003 2650 8007 2650 8018 2673 8026
2674 8003
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 177DEG 20KT 2664 8015
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 12:29 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 5 hr | |
| Oct 28, 12:29 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | MFL | 32 hr | |
| Oct 28, 4:59 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 47 hr | |
| Oct 28, 10:18 AM EDT | Flood Watch | MFL | Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach | 19 hr |
| Oct 28, 11:17 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MFL | Miami-Dade | 18 hr |
| Oct 28, 11:40 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 17 hr |
| Oct 28, 1:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 27 min |
| Oct 28, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 36 min | |
| Oct 28, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 43 min | |
| Oct 28, 6:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 20 min |
| Oct 28, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 31 min | |
| Oct 28, 6:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 22 min |
| Oct 28, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 32 min | |
| Oct 28, 7:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 3 hr |
| Oct 28, 7:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 3 hr |
| Oct 28, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 33 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.