Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 23, 1994, 1:00 AM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 23, 1994, 1:00 AM EST (06:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 23, 1994, 2:00 AM EST
- In force
- 60 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, 6.0 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1055 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 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 230609 SVRMIA FLC011-025-FLZ502-230700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 100 AM EST FRI DEC 23 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS. IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA ...EASTERN AND CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY...EASTERN AND CENTRAL DADE COUN AND FOR BOATERS ON THE COASTAL WATERS FROM ...DEERFIELD BEACH TO KEY LARGO AT 1250 AM EST DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWS A FAST MOVING LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL DADE AND BROWARD COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DADE AND BROWARD METRO AREAS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS DURING THE NEXT HOUR. DOPPLER RADAR DETECTS WINDS OF 60 MPH WITHIN THIS LINE. DAMAGING WIND IS POSSIBLE IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN BOATER SAFETY WITH GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS...ROUGH SEAS. 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 IF A LOUD ROARING SOUND IS HEARD...TAKE SHELTER...UNDER A BED OR A STURDY TABLE...THEN REPORT THE SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
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, Dec 22, 10:51 PM EST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
FLZ069-070-063-066-504-230600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1051 PM EST THU DEC 22 1994 ...STRONG SHOWERS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA... THE LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM LAKEPORT IN GLADES TO ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF LA BELLE IN HENDRY AND ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF IMMOKALEE THROUGH NAPLES PARK. ANOTHER STRONG SHOWER WAS ABOUT TO MOVE ACROSS MARCO ISLAND AND CAPE ROMANO. AT 1042 PM THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH. THE LINE SHOULD MOVE PAST FELDA BY 11 PM AND THROUGH NAPLES AND THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN COLLIER COUNTY BETWEEN 11 AND 1130 PM. SOME WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH LEE COUNTY. RESIDENTS OF GLADES...HENDRY AND COLLIER COUNTIES CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS FROM THE WEST OF 40 TO 50 MPH AS THESE SHOWERS PASS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL BE BRIEF BUT POSSIBLY DAMAGING AND SHOULD BE PAST BY MIDNIGHT.
Special weather statement, Dec 22, 10:53 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
FLZ069-070-063-066-504-230600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1051 PM EST THU DEC 22 1994 ...STRONG SHOWERS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA... THE LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM LAKEPORT IN GLADES TO ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF LA BELLE IN HENDRY AND ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF IMMOKALEE THROUGH NAPLES PARK. ANOTHER STRONG SHOWER WAS ABOUT TO MOVE ACROSS MARCO ISLAND AND CAPE ROMANO. AT 1042 PM THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH. THE LINE SHOULD MOVE PAST FELDA BY 11 PM AND THROUGH NAPLES AND THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN COLLIER COUNTY BETWEEN 11 AND 1130 PM. SOME WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH LEE COUNTY. RESIDENTS OF GLADES...HENDRY AND COLLIER COUNTIES CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS FROM THE WEST OF 40 TO 50 MPH AS THESE SHOWERS PASS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL BE BRIEF BUT POSSIBLY DAMAGING AND SHOULD BE PAST BY MIDNIGHT.
Special weather statement, Dec 22, 11:44 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
FLZ071-073-070-063-066-230645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1144 PM EST THU DEC 22 1994 ...STRONG SHOWERS CONTINUE TO PROGRESS ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA... AT 1135 PM THE LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM CLEWISTON IN HENDRY SOUTHWEST ACROSS MILES CITY...COPELAND AND EVERGLADES CITY. THE LINE WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE EAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN BROWARD AND DADE COUNTIES BY 1 AM. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED FROM ANY OF THESE SHOWERS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH COLLIER...GLADES AND HENDRY. HOWEVER THEY STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AS THEY CONTINUE THROUGH HENDRY AND COLLIER DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
Special weather statement, Dec 22, 11:45 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
FLZ071-073-070-063-066-230645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1144 PM EST THU DEC 22 1994 ...STRONG SHOWERS CONTINUE TO PROGRESS ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA... AT 1135 PM THE LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM CLEWISTON IN HENDRY SOUTHWEST ACROSS MILES CITY...COPELAND AND EVERGLADES CITY. THE LINE WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE EAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN BROWARD AND DADE COUNTIES BY 1 AM. NO DAMAGE WANS REPORTED FROM ANY OF THESE SHOWERS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH COLLIER...GLADES AND HENDRY. HOWEVER THEY STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AS THEY CONTINUE THROUGH HENDRY AND COLLIER DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
Special weather statement, Dec 23, 12:35 AM EST, 25 minutes before
FLZ071>074-502-230645- SPECIAL AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1235 AM EST FRI DEC 23 1994 ...STRONG WINDS MOVING INTO MIAMI/FT LAUDERDALE METRO AREA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN 1 AM AND 230 AM... A FAST MOVING LINE OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MIAMI/FT LAUDERDALE AREAS BETWEEN 1 AM AND 230 AM THIS MORNING PRODUCING WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH. AT 1225 AM THE LINE WAS LOCATED FROM 15 MILES WEST OF CORAL PARK IN NORTHWEST BROWARD COUNTY TO ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF WEST KENDALL IN DADE COUNTY AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. WHEN THE LINE WENT THROUGH KEY WEST AT 1145 PM WINDS GUSTED TO 48 MPH. PERSONS SHOULD LISTEN FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND IF A LOUD ROARING SOUND IS HEARD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY UNDER A BED OR TABLE.
Special weather statement, Dec 23, 12:37 AM EST, 23 minutes before
FLZ071>074-502-230645- SPECIAL AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1235 AM EST FRI DEC 23 1994 ...STRONG WINDS MOVING INTO MIAMI/FT LAUDERDALE METRO AREA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN 1 AM AND 230 AM... A FAST MOVING LINE OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MIAMI/FT LAUDERDALE AREAS BETWEEN 1 AM AND 230 AM THIS MORNING PRODUCING WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH. AT 1225 AM THE LINE WAS LOCATED FROM 15 MILES WEST OF CORAL PARK IN NORTHWEST BROWARD COUNTY TO ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF WEST KENDALL IN DADE COUNTY AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. WHEN THE LINE WENT THROUGH KEY WEST AT 1145 PM WINDS GUSTED TO 48 MPH. PERSONS SHOULD LISTEN FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND IF A LOUD ROARING SOUND IS HEARD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY UNDER A BED OR TABLE.
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.