Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 16, 1994, 8:51 AM EST for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 16, 1994, 8:51 AM EST (13:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 1994, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Miami-Dade County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 640 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 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 161352 RRA SVRMIA FLC025-161500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 851 AM EST WED NOV 16 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA ...DADE COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST AT 835 AM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ON RADAR FROM THE WEST KENDALL AREA SOUTH TO HOMESTEAD. THE LINE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS LINE. 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. THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN BOATER SAFETY WITH GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS...ROUGH SEAS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. YOUR BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR...BUT IF YOU ARE CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATER...STAY BELOW DECK OR KEEP A LOW PROFILE AND KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS. MAKE SURE YOU AND ALL YOUR CREW ARE 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, Nov 16, 7:35 AM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
FLZ067-068-502-161345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 735 AM EST WED NOV 16 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY UNTIL 11 AM THIS MORNING... ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TITUSVILLE SOUTH TO THE DRY TORTUGAS INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY... AT 725 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER THE PENINSULA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS MOSTLY EAST OF A LINE FROM DAYTONA BEACH TO ORLANDO TO NAPLES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST OFFSHORE VERO BEACH. THE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED EASTWARD UP TO 65 MILES OVER THE ATLANTIC. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH 20 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 16, 7:36 AM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
FLZ067-068-502-161345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 735 AM EST WED NOV 16 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY UNTIL 11 AM THIS MORNING... ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TITUSVILLE SOUTH TO THE DRY TORTUGAS INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY... AT 725 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER THE PENINSULA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS MOSTLY EAST OF A LINE FROM DAYTONA BEACH TO ORLANDO TO NAPLES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST OFFSHORE VERO BEACH. THE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED EASTWARD UP TO 65 MILES OVER THE ATLANTIC. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH 20 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE @THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 16, 8:30 AM EST, 21 minutes before
FLZ063-066-069>074-161535- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 830 AM EST WED NOV 16 1994 AT 820 AM MIAMI DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A MAJOR FEEDER BAND FROM TROPICAL STORM GORDON COVERING MUCH OF SOUTH FLORIDA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE BAND WHICH CONTAINS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST DADE THROUGH MIAMI...FT LAUDERDALE AND INTO PALM BEACH COUNTY AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILE AN HOUR. WWUS45KSAC .
Special weather statement, Nov 16, 8:31 AM EST, 20 minutes before
FLZ063-066-069>074-161535- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 830 AM EST WED NOV 16 1994 AT 820 AM MIAMI DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A MAJOR FEEDER BAND FROM TROPICAL STORM GORDON COVER:ING MUCH OF SOUTH FLORIDA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE BAND WHICH CONTAINS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST DADE THROUGH MIAMI...FT LAUDERDALE AND INTO PALM BEACH COUNTY AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILE AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 16, 8:35 AM EST, 16 minutes before
FLZ067-068-502-161445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 835 AM EST WED NOV 16 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY UNTIL 11 AM THIS MORNING... ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TITUSVILLE SOUTH TO THE DRY TORTUGAS INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY... AT 830 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER THE PENINSULA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS MOSTLY EAST OF A LINE FROM ORLANDO TO EVERGLADES CITY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE LOCATED FROM JUST WEST OF WEST PALM BEACH SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHCENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS EXTENDED EASTWARD 70 MILES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 16, 8:48 AM EST, 3 minutes before
FLZ067-068-502-161445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 835 AM EST WED NOV 16 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY UNTIL 11 AM THIS MORNING... ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TITUSVILLE SOUTH TO THE DRY TORTUGAS INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY... AT 830 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER THE PENINSULA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS MOSTLY EAST OF A LINE FROM ORLANDO TO EVERGLADES CITY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE LOCATED FROM JUST WEST OF WEST PALM BEACH SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHCENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS EXTENDED EASTWARD 70 MILES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.