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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Key West, FL
NWS Key West, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 27, 2022, 6:44 AM EDT for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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
- Sep 27, 2022, 6:44 AM EDT (10:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 27, 2022, 7:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Key West, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Monroe County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 897 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
347
WFUS52 KKEY 271044
TORKEY
FLC087-271115-
/O.NEW.KKEY.TO.W.0003.220927T1044Z-220927T1115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Key West FL
644 AM EDT Tue Sep 27 2022
The National Weather Service in Key West has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Upper Keys in Monroe County in Florida...
* Until 715 AM EDT.
* At 643 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over Plantation Key, or 13 miles southwest of
Key Largo, moving northwest 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 includes US 1 between mile markers 85 and 93.
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 2493 8055 2491 8058 2496 8063 2506 8052
2499 8048
TIME...MOT...LOC 1043Z 149DEG 20KT 2496 8056
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
JAM1 follow-up statement
681
WWUS52 KKEY 271105
SVSKEY
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Key West FL
705 AM EDT Tue Sep 27 2022
FLC087-271115-
/O.EXP.KKEY.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-220927T1115Z/
Upper Keys in Monroe FL-
705 AM EDT Tue Sep 27 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR UPPER KEYS IN MONROE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
715 AM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 2493 8055 2491 8058 2496 8063 2506 8052
2499 8048
TIME...MOT...LOC 1105Z 149DEG 20KT 2504 8061
$$
TWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Key West, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 8:55 PM EDT | Flood Watch | KEY | Monroe | 32 hr |
| Sep 26, 9:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | KEY | Monroe | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | KEY | 25 min | |
| Sep 27, 12:23 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 37 min | |
| Sep 27, 12:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | KEY | Monroe | 20 min |
| Sep 27, 1:32 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 28 min | |
| Sep 27, 1:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 34 min | |
| Sep 27, 2:02 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 14 min | |
| Sep 27, 2:08 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 37 min | |
| Sep 27, 2:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | KEY | Monroe | 35 min |
| Sep 27, 2:51 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 24 min | |
| Sep 27, 3:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | KEY | Monroe | 4 hr |
| Sep 27, 3:50 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 25 min | |
| Sep 27, 4:13 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 32 min | |
| Sep 27, 4:59 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 31 min | |
| Sep 27, 5:13 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | KEY | 12 hr | |
| Sep 27, 6:45 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 30 min | |
| Sep 27, 7:23 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 18 min | |
| Sep 27, 7:25 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 20 min | |
| Sep 27, 7:38 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 27 min | |
| Sep 27, 7:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | KEY | Monroe | 7 hr |
| Sep 27, 8:06 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 8 min | |
| Sep 27, 8:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 18 min | |
| Sep 27, 8:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 25 min | |
| Sep 27, 11:19 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 10 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.