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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1993, 3:25 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 1993, 3:25 AM EDT (07:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1993, 4:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1937 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Apr 16, 12:48 AM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
FLZ018-022-160545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1245 PM EDT FRI APR 16 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH FLORIDA UNTIL 500 AM EDT INCLUDING...DADE...BROWARD...COLLIER...HENDRY AND GLADES COUNTIES... A LARGE AREA OF RAINSHOWERS WITH CLUSTERS OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS SOUTH OVER THE PENINSULA FROM VERO BEACH TO THE KEYS. THIS AREA CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. INDIVIDUAL CELLS WITHIN THIS AREA ARE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS...BOATERS AND OTHER CONCERNED INTERESTS OF SOUTH FLORIDA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER...REMEMBER LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 1:36 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
FLZ011-013>023-160630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 130 AM EDT FRI APR 16 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PALM BEACH... MARTIN...ST LUCIE AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 5 AM EDT... AT 130 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY BETWEEN INDIAN TOWN AND HOBE SOUND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MIXED WITH OTHERS IN A LARGE AREA OF RAIN OVER THE STATE FROM DAYTONA BEACH TO FORT MYERS...SOUTH TO THE UPPER KEYS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUDNERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON T6HE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 1:52 AM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
FLZ018-022-160645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1245 PM EDT FRI APR 16 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH FLORIDA UNTIL 500 AM EDT INCLUDING...DADE...BROWARD...COLLIER...HENDRY AND GLADES COUNTIES... A LARGE AREA OF RAINSHOWERS WITH CLUSTERS OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS SOUTH OVER THE PENINSULA FROM VERO BEACH TO THE KEYS. THIS AREA CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. INDIVIDUAL CELLS WITHIN THIS AREA ARE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS...BOATERS AND OTHER CONCERNED INTERESTS OF SOUTH FLORIDA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER...REMEMBER LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKPES AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 1:54 AM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
FLZ018-022-160645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 145 PM EDT FRI APR 16 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH FLORIDA UNTIL 500 AM EDT INCLUDING...DADE...BROWARD...COLLIER...HENDRY AND GLADES COUNTIES... A LARGE AREA OF RAINSHOWERS WITH CLUSTERS OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS SOUTH OVER THE PENINSULA FROM VERO BEACH TO THE KEYS. THIS AREA CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. INDIVIDUAL CELLS WITHIN THIS AREA ARE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS...BOATERS AND OTHER CONCERNED INTERESTS OF SOUTH FLORIDA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER...REMEMBER LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKEVS AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 2:04 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
FLZ018-022-160645- COR SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 145 AM EDT FRI APR 16 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH FLORIDA UNTIL 500 AM EDT INCLUDING...DADE...BROWARD...COLLIER...HENDRY AND GLADES COUNTIES... A LARGE AREA OF RAINSHOWERS WITH CLUSTERS OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS SOUTH OVER THE PENINSULA FROM VERO BEACH TO THE KEYS. THIS AREA CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. INDIVIDUAL CELLS WITHIN THIS AREA ARE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS...BOATERS AND OTHER CONCERNED INTERESTS OF SOUTH FLORIDA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER...REMEMBER LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 2:39 AM EDT, 46 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 10:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 55 min |
| Apr 15, 11:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 68 min |
| Apr 16, 2:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 60 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.