Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 1994, 2:23 PM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 1994, 2:23 PM EST (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 1994, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 67 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 12:00Z, 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
- 1045 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMIA 021924 SVRMIA FLC011-025-022030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 223 PM EST WED MAR 2 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA ...CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY...CENTRAL DADE COUNTY AT 220 PM EST MIAMI DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR DECTECTED TWO POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ONE IN WESTERN BROWARD AND ONE IN WESTERN DADE COUNTY. BOTH THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. 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. IN SCHOOL...WHEREVER POSSIBLE...FOLLOW SEVERE WEATHER PLANS OR MOVE TO AN INTERIOR HALLWAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE...DO NOT REMAIN IN THE CAFETERIA OR GYMNASIUM BUT SEEK SHELTER ELSEWHERE IN THE SCHOOL. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WA@RNING.
1 follow-up statement
000 WUUS1 KMIA 021924 SVRMFL FLC011-025-022030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 223 PM EST WED MAR 2 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA ...CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY...CENTRAL DADE COUNTY AT 220 PM EST MIAMI DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR DECTECTED TWO POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ONE IN WESTERN BROWARD AND ONE IN WESTERN DADE COUNTY. BOTH THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. 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. IN SCHOOL...WHEREVER POSSIBLE...FOLLOW SEVERE WEATHER PLANS OR MOVE TO AN INTERIOR HALLWAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE...DO NOT REMAIN IN THE CAFETERIA OR GYMNASIUM BUT SEEK SHELTER ELSEWHERE IN THE SCHOOL. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
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, Mar 2, 1:06 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
FLZ063-066>074-502-504-021900- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 110 PM EST WED MAR 2 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR DADE...BROWARD...COLLIER...GLADES...HENDRY COUNTY UNTIL 5 PM EST TODAY... AT 1PM EST MIAMI DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED FROM NEAR CLEWISTON THROUGH SOUTHEAST HENDRY AND CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTIES TO NEAR MARCO ISLAND. THE LINE WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH WITH THUNDERSTORMS RACING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. RESIDENTS IN EAST CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS DURING THE NEXT 35 MINUTES. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVER THE REMAINDER OF COLLIER COUNTY AND MOST OF BROWARD AND DADE COUNTIES. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD A WARNING BE NECESSARY.
Special weather statement, Mar 2, 1:10 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
FLZ063-066>074-502-504-021900- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 110 PM EST WED MAR 2 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR DADE...BROWARD...COLLIER...GLADES...HENDRY COUNTY UNTIL 5 PM EST TODAY... AT 1PM EST MIAMI DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED FROM NEAR CLEWISTON THROUGH SOUTHEAST HENDRY AND CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTIES TO NEAR MARCO ISLAND. THE LINE WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH WITH THUNDERSTORMS RACING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. RESIDENTS IN EAST CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS DURING THE NEXT 35 MINUTES. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVER THE REMAINDER OF COLLIER COUNTY AND MOST OF BROWARD AND DADE COUNTIES. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD A WARNING BE NECESSARY.
Special weather statement, Mar 2, 1:25 PM EST, 58 minutes before
FLZ058-059-063-064-066>068-021830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 125 PM EST WED MAR 02 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PALM BEACH...MARTIN... ST LUCIE...GLADES...HENDRY...AND OKECHOBEE COUNTIES UNTIL 5PM EST... A BROAD AREA OF RAIN...WITH SEVERAL EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... COVERED MUCH OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PENINSULA EAST OF A LINE FROM MELBOURNE TO MARCO ISLAND. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER MARTIN AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS JUST MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. THE RAIN AREA EXTENDED EASTWARD OVER THE ATLANTIC TO GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN...AND NEAR TO... THE WATCH AREA. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR WARNINGS IN CASE THEY ARE REQUIRED. NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 2, 1:37 PM EST, 46 minutes before
FLZ058-059-063-064-066>068-021830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 125 PM EST WED MAR 02 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PALM BEACH...MARTIN... ST LUCIE...GLADES...HENDRY...AND OKECHOBEE COUNTIES UNTIL 5PM EST... A BROAD AREA OF RAIN...WITH SEVERAL EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... COVERED MUCH OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PENINSULA EAST OF A LINE FROM MELBOURNE TO MARCO ISLAND. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER MARTIN AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS JUST MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. THE RAIN AREA EXTENDED EASTWARD OVER THE ATLANTIC TO GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN...AND NEAR TO... THE WATCH AREA. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR WARNINGS IN CASE THEY ARE REQUIRED. NNNN
Local storm report, Mar 2, 1:50 PM EST, 33 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
150 PM EST WED MAR 02 1994
123 PM EST SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO DESTROYED A MOBILE
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LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
150 PM EST WED MAR 02 1994
123 PM EST SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO DESTROYED A MOBILE
HOME AND INJURED TWO PERSONS...ONE TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL ABOUT
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Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 11:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades | 62 min |
| Mar 2, 11:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 64 min |
| Mar 2, 12:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 60 min |
| Mar 2, 1:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 1:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 60 min |
| Mar 2, 2:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 59 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.