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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Miami, FL

April 30, 2023Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2023, 9:19 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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: Apr 30, 2023, 9:19 AM EDT (13:19 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2023, 9:45 AM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:19 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 30, 5:03 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 87 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1671 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 822 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 2.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

248 
WFUS52 KMFL 301319
TORMFL
FLC099-301345-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0013.230430T1319Z-230430T1345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Miami FL
919 AM EDT Sun Apr 30 2023

The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Palm Beach County in southeastern Florida...

* Until 945 AM EDT.
    
* At 918 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 8 miles east of Okeelanta, or 9 miles southeast of
  Belle Glade, moving northeast at 45 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Wellington, Lion Country Safari Park and Loxahatchee NWR. 

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 2649 8059 2659 8065 2674 8035 2661 8025
TIME...MOT...LOC 1318Z 240DEG 38KT 2658 8058 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

Kelly

1 follow-up statement

412 
WWUS52 KMFL 301328
SVSMFL

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Miami FL
928 AM EDT Sun Apr 30 2023

FLC099-301345-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-230430T1345Z/
Palm Beach FL-
928 AM EDT Sun Apr 30 2023

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL
PALM BEACH COUNTY...
    
At 928 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles southwest of Lion Country Safari Park, or 12
miles east of Belle Glade, moving northeast at 45 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.

Locations impacted include...
Wellington, Lion Country Safari Park and Loxahatchee NWR. 

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 2655 8043 2665 8053 2674 8035 2661 8025
TIME...MOT...LOC 1328Z 240DEG 38KT 2663 8047 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

Kelly

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 9:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Glades	48 min
Apr 29, 10:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		42 min
Apr 29, 10:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Monroe	26 min
Apr 29, 10:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		33 min
Apr 29, 11:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Monroe	34 min
Apr 30, 12:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	35 min
Apr 30, 12:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	45 min
Apr 30, 4:22 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	MFL	Collier	40 hr
Apr 30, 5:41 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		94 min
Apr 30, 6:37 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Glades	23 min
Apr 30, 6:51 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		54 min
Apr 30, 7:00 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Glades	15 min
Apr 30, 7:01 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		89 min
Apr 30, 7:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Glades	32 min
Apr 30, 7:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	45 min
Apr 30, 7:28 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Glades	17 min
Apr 30, 7:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Collier, Glades, Hendry	34 min
Apr 30, 7:45 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		60 min
Apr 30, 8:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach	24 min
Apr 30, 8:12 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Collier, Hendry	17 min
Apr 30, 8:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Hendry, Palm Beach	44 min
Apr 30, 8:33 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		27 min
Apr 30, 8:40 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		95 min
Apr 30, 8:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	41 min
Apr 30, 9:01 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		59 min
Apr 30, 9:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Palm Beach	49 min
Apr 30, 9:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward, Monroe	45 min
Apr 30, 9:31 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Palm Beach	28 min
Apr 30, 10:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	30 min
Apr 30, 10:01 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		59 min
Apr 30, 10:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade	46 min
Apr 30, 10:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward	26 min
Apr 30, 10:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward	5 min
Apr 30, 10:36 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		54 min
Apr 30, 10:55 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		65 min
Apr 30, 10:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	34 min
Apr 30, 11:29 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		61 min
Apr 30, 11:36 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		54 min
Apr 30, 6:13 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MFL		14 hr

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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.