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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 2023, 12:44 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 5 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 21, 2023, 12:44 PM EDT (16:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2023, 12:49 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 667 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
292
WFUS52 KMFL 211644
TORMFL
FLC011-211715-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0007.230421T1644Z-230421T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Miami FL
1244 PM EDT Fri Apr 21 2023
The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Broward County in southeastern Florida...
* Until 115 PM EDT.
* At 1244 PM EDT, a reported waterspout was located just offshore
near Dania Beach, or near Hollywood, and is slowly moving ashore.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Weather spotters reported waterspout moving onshore.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles. Tree
damage is likely.
* Locations impacted include...
Hollywood and Dania Beach.
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 2608 8003 2600 8003 2600 8013 2606 8013
TIME...MOT...LOC 1644Z 078DEG 4KT 2604 8009
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
RAG1 follow-up statement
763
WWUS52 KMFL 211649
SVSMFL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Miami FL
1249 PM EDT Fri Apr 21 2023
FLC011-211658-
/O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-230421T1715Z/
Broward FL-
1249 PM EDT Fri Apr 21 2023
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BROWARD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 2608 8003 2600 8003 2600 8013 2606 8013
TIME...MOT...LOC 1647Z 078DEG 4KT 2604 8009
$$
RAGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 12:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 26 min | |
| Apr 21, 12:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 33 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.