Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Aug 22, 1986, 5:26 PM EDT (21:26 UTC)

Expired

Aug 22, 1986, 7:25 PM EDT

In force

119 min

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Collier County, FL, Monroe County, FL

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
526 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND 
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 725 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE 
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTHWEST COLLIER AND EXTREME NORTHWEST MAINLAND 
 MONROE
...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE
COUNTIES JUST MENTIONED

RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF EVERGLADES
CITY. THE STORM IS DRIFTING TOWARD THE COAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY DEADLY LIGHTNING..WIND EXCEEDING
GALE FORCE AND VERY ROUGH SEAS.  BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY..AND YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
440 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 1986

NUMEROUS VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE
OKEECHOBEE BETWEEN CLEWISTON AND BELLE GLADE. THE ACTIVITY EXTENDED
SOUTH INTO EASTERN HENDRY COUNTY. RESIDENTS OF EASTERN GLADES AND
HENDRY COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT AS SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING STRIKES.

SCATTERED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE NORTHWEST SHORE OF
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND ALSO ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST AND
ADJACENT WATERS FROM FORT MYERS TO CAPE SABLE.

AN ISOLATED SHOWER WAS OVER THE WATERS WELL SOUTHEAYST OF ANDROS
ISLAND.

MOVEMENT WAS WEST 10 MILES AN HOUR.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.