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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Miami, FL

January 16, 2022Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 16, 2022, 9:42 AM EST for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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
Jan 16, 2022, 9:42 AM EST (14:42 UTC)
Expired
Jan 16, 2022, 10:15 AM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
0.75 in

County Collier County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 123 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2022-01-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2022-01-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 202 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
997 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

363 
WFUS52 KMFL 161442
TORMFL
FLC021-161515-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0004.220116T1442Z-220116T1515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Miami FL
942 AM EST Sun Jan 16 2022

The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Collier County in southwestern Florida...

* Until 1015 AM EST.

* At 942 AM EST, a reported tornado was located 9 miles east of West
  Toll Gate On Alligator Alley, or 9 miles southeast of Golden Gate
  Estates, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

  SOURCE...Weather spotters reported tornado.

  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.

* The tornado will be near...
  Ave Maria around 1005 AM EST.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Miles
City, Picayune Strand State Forest, South Blocks Golde, Port Of The
Island, Sunniland and Intersection I-75 And Everglades Blvd.

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 2595 8152 2607 8167 2638 8143 2621 8123
TIME...MOT...LOC 1442Z 220DEG 32KT 2611 8151 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

RAG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 16, 2:36 AM ESTCoastal Flood StatementMFLCollier40 hr
Jan 16, 6:29 AM ESTWind AdvisoryMFLBroward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach8 hr
Jan 16, 7:49 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL86 min
Jan 16, 8:20 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLGlades, Hendry25 min
Jan 16, 8:44 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier46 min
Jan 16, 8:44 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades46 min
Jan 16, 8:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier36 min
Jan 16, 9:06 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLCollier24 min
Jan 16, 9:06 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLGlades24 min
Jan 16, 9:09 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL96 min
Jan 16, 9:28 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades, Hendry62 min
Jan 16, 9:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier46 min
Jan 16, 9:44 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLCollier31 min
Jan 16, 10:11 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier, Glades, Hendry49 min
Jan 16, 10:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier, Hendry, Monroe47 min
Jan 16, 10:17 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL88 min
Jan 16, 10:19 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLGlades, Hendry26 min
Jan 16, 10:25 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLCollier, Hendry35 min
Jan 16, 10:33 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLCollier, Monroe27 min
Jan 16, 10:37 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL53 min
Jan 16, 10:46 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL29 min
Jan 16, 10:56 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLCollier, Monroe34 min
Jan 16, 10:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach62 min
Jan 16, 11:13 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLHendry, Palm Beach32 min
Jan 16, 11:20 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL55 min
Jan 16, 11:23 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLBroward, Collier, Hendry37 min
Jan 16, 11:29 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe31 min
Jan 16, 11:37 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL53 min
Jan 16, 11:45 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach30 min
Jan 16, 11:53 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Collier, Hendry, Palm Beach37 min
Jan 16, 11:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe34 min
Jan 16, 12:14 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMartin16 min
Jan 16, 12:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach38 min
Jan 16, 12:25 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach50 min
Jan 16, 12:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade, Monroe49 min
Jan 16, 12:28 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL78 min
Jan 16, 12:38 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Jan 16, 12:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward35 min
Jan 16, 2:38 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL37 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.