Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 1994, 6:32 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 1994, 6:32 PM EDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 1994, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Broward County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 2133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 828 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMIA 072234 RRA SVRMIA FLC011-072330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 632 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA ...NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS INDICATED OVER NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTY... AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT AT THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH BROWARD COUNTY WAS ABOUT TO BECOME SEVERE. THIS STORM WAS CENTERED OVER THE CORAL SPRINGS...MARGATE...PARKLAND AREA AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS...THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST TOWARD POMPANO BEACH AND MAY AFFECT COASTAL AREAS OF BROWARD. DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.
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, Aug 7, 4:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
FLZ068-072145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 445 PM EDT SUN AUG 07 1994 .....STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY..... AT 430 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN...IN SOUTHWESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM CONTAINS VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT OF THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO ACT IF A WARNING IS ISSUED DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE ON THE PENINSULA...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH AND OF A LINE FROM THE CAPE TO TAMPA AND IN THE ATLANTIC FROM 80 MILES NORTH OF THE BAHAMAS TO CENTRAL ANDROS ISLAND. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED.
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:35 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
FLZ068-072245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 535 PM EDT SUN AUG 07 1994 .....STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY..... AT 530 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN...ONE IN SOUTHERN AND THE OTHER IN WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY. THESE STORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO ACT IF A WARNING IS ISSUED DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM THE CAPE TO TAMPA AND IN THE ATLANTIC FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF GREAT ABACO ISLAND SOUTH TO WESTERN ANDROS ISLAND. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED.
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:43 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
FLZ068-072245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 535 PM EDT SUN AUG 07 1994 .....STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY..... AT 530 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN...ONE IN SOUTHERN AND THE OTHER IN WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY. THESE STORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO ACT IF A WARNING IS ISSUED DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.T ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM THE CAPE TO TAMPA AND IN THE ATLANTIC FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF GREAT ABACO ISLAND SOUTH TO WESTERN ANDROS ISLAND. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED.
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:01 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
FLZ072-502-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 601 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 1994 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING NORTHEAST BROWARD COUNTY... AT 600 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN MIAMI INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH THE MARGATE AND CORAL SPRINGS AREA OF BROWARD. THIS STORM WILL BE INCREASING SOME IN STRENGTH AS IT MOVES EAST TOWARD THE POMPANO BEACH AREA BY 630 PM. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS AS WELL AS BOATERS ALONG THE NORTH BROWARD COAST SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF DOWNPOURS.
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:02 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
FLZ072-502-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 601 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 1994 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING NORTHEAST BROWARD COUNTY... AT 600 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN MIAMI INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH THE MARGATE AND CORAL SPRINGS AREA OF BROWARD. THIS STORM WILL BE INCREASING SOME IN STRENGTH AS IT MOVES EAST TOWARD THE POMPANO BEACH AREA BY 630 PM. PEO|PLE IN THESE AREAS AS WELL AS BOATERS ALONG THE NORTH BROWARD COAST SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF DOWNPOURS.
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:25 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
FLZ072-502-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 601 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 1994 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING NORTHEAST BROWARD COUNTY... AT 600 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN MIAMI INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH THE MARGATE AND CORAL SPRINGS AREA OF BROWARD. THIS STORM WILL BE INCREASING SOME IN STRENGTH AS IT MOVES EAST TOWARD THE POMPANO BEACH AREA BY 630 PM. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS AS WELL AS BOATERS ALONG THE NORTH BROWARD COAST SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF DOWNPOURS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.