Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1989, 7:01 PM EDT for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1989, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1989, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hendry County, FL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 1790 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KMIA 142303
SVRMIA
FLC051-150000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
701 PM EDT WED JUN 14 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH FLORIDA
...NORTH CENTRAL HENDRY
...SOUTH CENTRAL GLADES
AT 655PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTH CENTRAL
HENDRY COUNTY ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOORE HAVEN. THE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
SEEK SHELTER FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING
WIND..HAIL..VERY HEAVY RAIN..AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE
IN THIS THUNDERSTORM. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
AND STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY..AND YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREFST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 430 PM EDT WED JUN 14 1989 AT 425 PM RADAR INDICATED CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER INTERIOR COLLIER COUNTY. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THESE STORMS APPEARED TO BE STATIONARY DURING THE PAST HOUR. OTHER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER MARTIN...ST LUCIE...LEE AND NORTHERN MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 500 PM EDT WED JUN 14 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERTSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MARTIN AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES... AT 455 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM WEST OF FORT PIERCE SOUTH TO JUST WEST OF STUART. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LvIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. PERSONS CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A HOME OR AUTOMOBILE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR TWO TO THREE HOURS BEFORE DISSIPATING.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 530 PM EDT WED JUN 14 1989 AT 525 PM RADAR INDICATED CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER INTERIOR COLLIER COUNTY. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THESE STORMS WERE DRIFTING NORTHWARD AT LESS AN 10 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER MARTIN AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES TO THE NORTHERN SHORES OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE. ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE BETWEEN FORT MYER AND PUNTA GORDA.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:26 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 625 PM EDT WED JUN 14 1989 AT 625 PM RADAR INDICATED CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER INTERIOR COLLIER AND HENDRY COUNTIES. RESIDENTS ALONG THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE NORTH AT +10 MILES AN HOUR. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10-15 MILES SOUTH OF IMMOKALEE. OTHER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED NEAR PUNTA GORDA AND JUST EAST OF FORT MYERS.
Nearby
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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.