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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 16, 2022, 10:33 AM EST for Collier County, Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report 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, 10:33 AM EST (15:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2022, 11:00 AM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Collier County, FL, Monroe County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 11:00 AM EST | TORNADO | 1 Ese Carnestown, FL | LEANING POWER POLE OBSERVED ALONG TAMIAMI TRAIL JUST EAST OF THE INTERSECTION WITH US-29. DAMAGE WAS TORNADIC IN NATURE AND MATCHES WITH RADAR VELOCITY/REFLECTIVITY AT THE TIME AS A STRONG CIRCULATION PASSED OVER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 10:04 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.
044
WFUS52 KMFL 161533
TORMFL
FLC021-087-161600-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0008.220116T1533Z-220116T1600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Miami FL
1033 AM EST Sun Jan 16 2022
The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Collier County in southwestern Florida...
Northern Mainland Monroe County in southwestern Florida...
* Until 1100 AM EST.
* At 1033 AM EST, severe thunderstorms capable of producing both
tornadoes and extensive straight line wind damage were located
along a line extending from 8 miles southwest of Cape Romano to 11
miles southwest of Chokoloskee, 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.
* These dangerous storms will be near...
Chokoloskee and Plantation Island around 1050 AM EST.
Everglades City and Big Cypress National Preserve around 1055 AM
EST.
Carnestown, Everglades National Park and Copeland around 1100 AM
EST.
Other locations impacted by these tornadic storms include Key Marco,
Cape Romano Aquatic Preserve, Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve,
Jerome, Deep Lake, Port Of The Island and Goodland.
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 2600 8161 2620 8112 2584 8095 2568 8135
2573 8134 2575 8141 2579 8144 2577 8153
2581 8161 2577 8167 2581 8175 2583 8176
TIME...MOT...LOC 1533Z 235DEG 32KT 2575 8175 2574 8153
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
HadiThe 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, 9:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 31 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, 10:37 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.