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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 2017, 12:37 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 12 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
- Mar 14, 2017, 12:37 AM EDT (04:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2017, 12:49 AM EDT
- In force
- 12 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), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
620
WFUS52 KMFL 140437
TORMFL
FLC099-140500-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0008.170314T0437Z-170314T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Miami FL
1237 AM EDT TUE MAR 14 2017
The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Palm Beach County in southeastern Florida...
* Until 100 AM EDT
* At 1237 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over Dunes Road, or near Boynton Beach, moving
northeast at 30 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...
Boynton Beach and Ocean Ridge around 1245 AM EDT.
Lantana around 1250 AM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Morikami Park, Hypoluxo, Manalapan, Villages Of Oriole, Briny
Breezes, Gulf Stream and South Palm Beach.
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 2642 8016 2649 8019 2665 7996 2651 7979
TIME...MOT...LOC 0437Z 236DEG 27KT 2649 8010
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
MOLLEDA1 follow-up statement
556
WWUS52 KMFL 140449
SVSMFL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Miami FL
1249 AM EDT TUE MAR 14 2017
FLC099-140458-
/O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170314T0500Z/
Palm Beach FL-
1249 AM EDT TUE MAR 14 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved offshore. Therefore,
the tornado warning has been cancelled.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Miami.
LAT...LON 2642 8016 2649 8019 2665 7996 2651 7979
TIME...MOT...LOC 0447Z 236DEG 27KT 2652 8005
$$
MOLLEDAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 10:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 51 min |
| Mar 13, 11:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 52 min | |
| Mar 14, 12:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 40 min |
| Mar 14, 12:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 47 min |
| Mar 14, 12:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 16 min |
| Mar 14, 12:39 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 36 min | |
| Mar 14, 1:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 44 min |
| Mar 14, 1:13 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 min | |
| Mar 14, 1:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 13 min |
| Mar 14, 1:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 33 min |
| Mar 14, 1:34 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 56 min | |
| Mar 14, 1:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 32 min |
| Mar 14, 1:49 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 56 min | |
| Mar 14, 2:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 64 min | |
| Mar 14, 2:29 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 61 min | |
| Mar 14, 9:45 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | MFL | Collier | 34 hr |
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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.