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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Key West, FL
NWS Key West, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 4, 2024, 11:17 AM EST for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 9 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
- Feb 4, 2024, 11:17 AM EST (16:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2024, 11:26 AM EST
- In force
- 9 min
- Issued by
- NWS Key West, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Monroe County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 7:12 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1136 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
607
WFUS52 KKEY 041617
TORKEY
FLC087-041645-
/O.NEW.KKEY.TO.W.0002.240204T1617Z-240204T1645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Key West FL
1117 AM EST Sun Feb 4 2024
The National Weather Service in Key West has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Upper Keys in Monroe County in Florida...
* Until 1145 AM EST.
* At 1117 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over Ocean Reef, or near Turkey Point, 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.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Ocean Reef around 1120 AM EST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include North
Key Largo.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or 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.
This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.
&&
LAT...LON 2530 8025 2527 8028 2529 8031 2532 8029
2533 8028 2533 8027 2534 8028 2534 8027
2535 8027 2535 8026 2534 8025 2533 8026
2532 8025
TIME...MOT...LOC 1617Z 220DEG 38KT 2532 8026
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
CLR1 follow-up statement
438
WWUS52 KKEY 041626
SVSKEY
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Key West FL
1126 AM EST Sun Feb 4 2024
FLC087-041636-
/O.CAN.KKEY.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240204T1645Z/
Upper Keys in Monroe FL-
1126 AM EST Sun Feb 4 2024
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR UPPER KEYS IN MONROE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 PM EST for Florida.
LAT...LON 2530 8025 2527 8028 2529 8031 2532 8029
2533 8028 2533 8027 2534 8028 2534 8027
2535 8027 2535 8026 2534 8025 2533 8026
2532 8025
TIME...MOT...LOC 1623Z 220DEG 38KT 2540 8019
$$
CLRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Key West, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 10:13 PM EST | Gale Watch | KEY | 30 hr | |
| Feb 4, 7:08 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 67 min | |
| Feb 4, 7:42 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 33 min | |
| Feb 4, 8:04 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 33 min | |
| Feb 4, 8:34 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 56 min | |
| Feb 4, 8:36 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 24 min | |
| Feb 4, 8:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | KEY | Monroe | 40 min |
| Feb 4, 9:20 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 55 min | |
| Feb 4, 9:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | KEY | 35 min | |
| Feb 4, 9:34 AM EST | Tornado Warning | KEY | Monroe | 26 min |
| Feb 4, 9:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | KEY | 39 min | |
| Feb 4, 10:16 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 59 min | |
| Feb 4, 10:20 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | KEY | 40 min | |
| Feb 4, 10:26 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 64 min | |
| Feb 4, 10:57 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 63 min | |
| Feb 4, 11:53 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 67 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.