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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Miami, FL

June 30, 1989Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1989, 3:27 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 1989, 3:27 PM EDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1989, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 30, 3:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Miami-Dade, FL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 193 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Key West, FL at 12:00Z on 1989-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1926 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Key West, FL at 12:00Z on 1989-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1926 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMIA 301929
SVRMIA
FLC011-025-302030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
327 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
          ...SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD...NORTHEASTERN DADE
 
AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN HALLENDALE BEACH AND
VIRGINIA KEY.
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HOLLYWOOD AT 320 PM EDT.
IT IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH AND HAIL
IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
 
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.

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 30, 3:18 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
315 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 1989

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILDING OVER THE INTERIOR
OF SOUTH FLORIDA ARE NOW MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH INTO
THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF BROWARD AND DADE COUNTIES.

VERY HEAVY RAINS THAT WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.  IN ADDITION...FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDER
STORMS AS THEY PASS OVER THE METROPOLITAN AREAS AND OUT INTO THE
COASTAL WATERS.

RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA AND MARINERS IN THE COASTAL WATERS OF
BROWARD AND DADE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THIS THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WHICH HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER DURING
THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS.  IF SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGING WINDS ARE
OBSERVED...REPORT THESE CONDITIONS TO THE WEATHER SERVICE AT 665-0429.

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

Sources

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