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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Key West, FL
NWS Key West, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2025, 3:24 PM EDT for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 23 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 29, 2025, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2025, 3:47 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 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 Key West radar (KBYX), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Key West, FL (KNQX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 6 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
- 427 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
966
WFUS52 KKEY 291924
TORKEY
FLC087-292000-
/O.NEW.KKEY.TO.W.0001.250329T1924Z-250329T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Key West FL
324 PM EDT Sat Mar 29 2025
The National Weather Service in Key West has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Lower Keys in Monroe County in Florida...
* Until 400 PM EDT.
* At 323 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Geiger Key, or near Big Coppitt Key, moving
northwest at 15 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...
Boca Chica, Shark Key, Geiger Key, and Big Coppitt Key around 330
PM EDT.
This includes US 1 between mile markers 7 and 13.
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 2460 8175 2467 8167 2458 8157 2455 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 127DEG 15KT 2455 8159
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
JAM1 follow-up statement
360 WWUS52 KKEY 291947 SVSKEY Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Key West FL 347 PM EDT Sat Mar 29 2025 FLC087-291957- /O.CAN.KKEY.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-250329T2000Z/ Lower Keys in Monroe FL- 347 PM EDT Sat Mar 29 2025 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LOWER KEYS IN MONROE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. && LAT...LON 2460 8175 2467 8167 2458 8157 2455 8165 TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 127DEG 15KT 2461 8168 $$ JAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Key West, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 1:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | KEY | Monroe | 3 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 22 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.