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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 16, 2022, 9:44 AM EST for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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
- Jan 16, 2022, 9:44 AM EST (14:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2022, 10:15 AM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Collier County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 9:50 AM EST | TORNADO | Naples, FL | TWITTER VIDEO SHOWED A CONFIRMED TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR THE ARTESIA COMMUNITY IN NAPLES. |
| Jan 16, 9:55 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ese Golden Gate, FL | SOCIAL MEDIA INDICATED SEMI-TRUCK FLIPPED ON I-75 NEAR MILE MARKER 96 DUE TO HIGH WINDS IN THE AREA. |
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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
788
WFUS52 KMFL 161444
TORMFL
FLC021-161515-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0005.220116T1444Z-220116T1515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Miami FL
944 AM EST Sun Jan 16 2022
The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Collier County in southwestern Florida...
* Until 1015 AM EST.
* At 944 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Naples, moving northeast at 35 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...
Golden Gate, North Naples, Naples Park and West Toll Gate On
Alligator Alley around 955 AM EST.
Vineyards around 1000 AM EST.
Golden Gate Estates, Orangetree and Big Corkscrew Island around
1015 AM EST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Pelican Bay, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Lely, Rookery Bay Aquatic
Preserve and Quail Creek Estate.
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.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 2623 8185 2632 8178 2632 8166 2642 8166
2642 8157 2631 8142 2600 8177 2606 8184
TIME...MOT...LOC 1444Z 219DEG 32KT 2612 8180
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
RAGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2:36 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | MFL | Collier | 40 hr |
| Jan 16, 6:29 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 8 hr |
| Jan 16, 7:49 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 86 min | |
| Jan 16, 8:20 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 25 min |
| Jan 16, 8:44 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 46 min |
| Jan 16, 8:44 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 46 min |
| Jan 16, 8:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 36 min |
| Jan 16, 9:06 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 24 min |
| Jan 16, 9:06 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Glades | 24 min |
| Jan 16, 9:09 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 96 min | |
| Jan 16, 9:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 62 min |
| Jan 16, 9:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 46 min |
| Jan 16, 9:42 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 33 min |
| Jan 16, 10:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry | 49 min |
| Jan 16, 10:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier, Hendry, Monroe | 47 min |
| Jan 16, 10:17 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 88 min | |
| Jan 16, 10:19 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 26 min |
| Jan 16, 10:25 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 35 min |
| Jan 16, 10:33 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier, Monroe | 27 min |
| Jan 16, 10:37 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 53 min | |
| Jan 16, 10:46 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 29 min | |
| Jan 16, 10:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier, Monroe | 34 min |
| Jan 16, 10:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach | 62 min |
| Jan 16, 11:13 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Hendry, Palm Beach | 32 min |
| Jan 16, 11:20 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 55 min | |
| Jan 16, 11:23 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward, Collier, Hendry | 37 min |
| Jan 16, 11:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 31 min |
| Jan 16, 11:37 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 53 min | |
| Jan 16, 11:45 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 30 min |
| Jan 16, 11:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Collier, Hendry, Palm Beach | 37 min |
| Jan 16, 11:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe | 34 min |
| Jan 16, 12:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Martin | 16 min |
| Jan 16, 12:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 38 min |
| Jan 16, 12:25 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 50 min |
| Jan 16, 12:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe | 49 min |
| Jan 16, 12:28 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 78 min | |
| Jan 16, 12:38 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Jan 16, 12:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 35 min |
| Jan 16, 2:38 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 37 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.