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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Key West, FL
NWS Key West, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2024, 3:11 PM EDT for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 14 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
- Mar 22, 2024, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2024, 3:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Key West, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Monroe County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 992 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
091
WFUS52 KKEY 221911
TORKEY
FLC087-221945-
/O.NEW.KKEY.TO.W.0003.240322T1911Z-240322T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Key West FL
311 PM EDT Fri Mar 22 2024
The National Weather Service in Key West has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Upper Keys in Monroe County in Florida...
* Until 345 PM EDT.
* At 311 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Teatable Key, or 8 miles east of East End Of
Channel 5 Bridge, moving north at 30 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...
Plantation, Upper Matecumbe Key, and Windley Key around 315 PM
EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Islamorada.
This includes US 1 between mile markers 78 and 92.
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 2491 8058 2487 8065 2488 8070 2494 8070
2494 8066 2503 8055 2501 8050
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 201DEG 25KT 2488 8065
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
NB1 follow-up statement
448
WWUS52 KKEY 221925
SVSKEY
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Key West FL
325 PM EDT Fri Mar 22 2024
FLC087-221935-
/O.CAN.KKEY.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-240322T1945Z/
Upper Keys in Monroe FL-
325 PM EDT Fri Mar 22 2024
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR UPPER KEYS IN MONROE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.
&&
LAT...LON 2491 8058 2487 8065 2488 8070 2494 8070
2494 8066 2503 8055 2501 8050
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 201DEG 25KT 2497 8061
$$
NBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Key West, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 9:42 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 33 min | |
| Mar 22, 10:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 64 min | |
| Mar 22, 11:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 50 min | |
| Mar 22, 11:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 50 min | |
| Mar 22, 12:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 49 min | |
| Mar 22, 1:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 49 min | |
| Mar 22, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 40 min | |
| Mar 22, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 40 min | |
| Mar 22, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | KEY | Miami-Dade | 33 min |
| Mar 22, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 56 min | |
| Mar 22, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 37 min | |
| Mar 22, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 60 min | |
| Mar 22, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 9 min | |
| Mar 22, 4:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | KEY | Monroe | 2 hr |
| Mar 22, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 58 min | |
| Mar 22, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 62 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.