Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 1993, 4:40 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 2 hr. 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
- Apr 5, 1993, 4:40 AM EDT (08:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 1993, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 5:30 AM EDT | Tornado F1 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | A small tornado hop-scotched along a 3-mile path in Fort Lauderdale causing extensive roof damage and broken windows to approximately 8 homes and an apartment complex. Several cars were damaged or destroyed by flying debris or falling trees. About one-third |
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 00:00Z, 8.7 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 3:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Glades | 59 min |
| Apr 5, 3:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 65 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.