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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 28, 2017, 6:10 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 20 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, 6:10 PM EDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2017, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 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), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 6:18 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Ssw West Palm Beach, FL | TORNADO REPORTED AND CAPTURED ON VIDEO BY TRAINED SPOTTER NEAR BELVEDERE RD AND INTERSTATE 95. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. |
| Oct 28, 6:23 PM EDT | TORNADO | West Palm Beach, FL | VIDEO OF A TORNADO NEAR KRAVIS CENTER IN DOWNTOWN WEST PALM BEACH VIA CBS 12 PALM BEACH. 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 105 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.
081
WFUS52 KMFL 282210
TORMFL
FLC099-282230-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0045.171028T2210Z-171028T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Miami FL
610 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 630 PM EDT
* At 610 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Cloud Lake, or over Palm Beach, moving north at 15
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...
Palm Beach and Palm Beach International Airport around 615 PM EDT.
Haverhill and Downtown West Palm Beach around 620 PM EDT.
Schall Circle around 625 PM EDT.
Riviera Beach, North Palm Beach, Lake Park and Port Of Palm Beach
around 630 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Mangonia Park, Lakeside Green, Stacey Street, Glen Ridge, Century
Village, Westgate-Belvedere Homes, Lake Clarke Shores, Cypress Lakes,
Lake Worth Corridor and Plantation Mobile Home Park.
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 2683 8003 2663 8003 2662 8010 2683 8017
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 181DEG 15KT 2666 8007
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
678
WWUS52 KMFL 282220
SVSMFL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Miami FL
620 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2017
FLC099-282230-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-171028T2230Z/
Palm Beach FL-
620 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY...
At 619 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over West Palm Beach, moving north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Riviera Beach, North Palm Beach, Lake Park and Port Of Palm Beach
around 630 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Mangonia Park, Lakeside Green, Westgate-Belvedere Homes, Glen Ridge
and Cypress Lakes.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 2681 8003 2674 8003 2667 8004 2667 8010
2681 8015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 181DEG 15KT 2670 8007
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$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, 5:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 21 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.