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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 20, 2018, 1:35 PM EST for Glades County, Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 25 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
- Dec 20, 2018, 1:35 PM EST (18:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2018, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 7:55 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 620 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -264 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
896
WFUS52 KMFL 201835
TORMFL
FLC043-051-201900-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0009.181220T1835Z-181220T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Miami FL
135 PM EST THU DEC 20 2018
The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Hendry County in southern Florida...
Southwestern Glades County in southern Florida...
* Until 200 PM EST.
* At 134 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Charleston Park, or 7 miles northeast of Lehigh
Acres, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles. Tree
damage is likely.
* Locations impacted include...
Labelle, Palmdale, Port La Belle, Ortona and Muse.
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.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Miami. You can also share your report with NWS Miami on Facebook and
Twitter.
&&
LAT...LON 2687 8117 2658 8156 2687 8156 2703 8141
2703 8135
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 229DEG 47KT 2670 8157
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SPMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 4:09 AM EST | Gale Warning | MFL | 48 hr | |
| Dec 20, 4:40 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | MFL | Collier | 7 hr |
| Dec 20, 4:40 AM EST | Rip Current Statement | MFL | Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 59 hr |
| Dec 20, 4:40 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | MFL | Collier | 59 hr |
| Dec 20, 6:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 27 min |
| Dec 20, 7:13 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 32 min |
| Dec 20, 7:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 33 min |
| Dec 20, 8:03 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 27 min | |
| Dec 20, 8:24 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 37 min | |
| Dec 20, 11:35 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | MFL | Monroe | 40 hr |
| Dec 20, 11:35 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | MFL | Collier | 40 hr |
| Dec 20, 12:33 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 57 min | |
| Dec 20, 1:23 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry | 52 min |
| Dec 20, 1:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 45 min |
| Dec 20, 1:51 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 54 min | |
| Dec 20, 1:58 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 min | |
| Dec 20, 2:21 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry | 54 min |
| Dec 20, 2:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 46 min |
| Dec 20, 2:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 29 min |
| Dec 20, 2:53 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 67 min | |
| Dec 20, 3:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 62 min |
| Dec 20, 3:52 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more | 28 hr |
| Dec 20, 5:44 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 46 min | |
| Dec 20, 5:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 42 min |
| Dec 20, 6:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 62 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.