Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 1994, 2:46 PM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 1994, 2:46 PM EST (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 1994, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 59 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, 7.8 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 021948 SVRMIA FLC011-025-504-022045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 246 PM EST WED MAR 2 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA ...EASTERN BROWARD COUNTY...EASTERN DADE COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST AT 243 PM EST A FAST MOVING LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG U.S 27 FROM NORTHERN BROWARD TO SOUTHERN DADE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EASTERN DADE AND BROWARD COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS DURING THE NEXT HOUR. 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 AW AY 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, Mar 2, 1:25 PM EST, 1 hour 21 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, 1 hour 9 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, 56 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
HOME AND INJURED TWO PERSONS...ONE TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL ABOUT
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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
17 E APF.Special weather statement, Mar 2, 2:25 PM EST, 21 minutes before
FLZ058-059-063-064-066>068-022030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 225 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 EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA EAST OF A LINE FROM FORT OIERCE TO EVERGLADES CITY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE SCATTERED ALONG A LINE FROM SOUTHWESTERN BROWARD COUNTY NORTHEASTWARD TO THE COAST NEAR STUART. THE RAIN AREA...AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED EASTWARD OVER THE ATLANTIC TO GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND...THE BIMINIS...AND 25 MILE EAST OF THE UPPER KEYS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 40 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN...AND NEAR TO... THE WATCH AREA. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. 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, 2:38 PM EST, 8 minutes before
FLZ058-059-063-064-066>068-022030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 225 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 EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA EAST OF A LINE FROM FORT OIERCE TO EVERGLADES CITY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE SCATTERED ALONG A LINE FROM SOUTHWESTERN BROWARD COUNTY NORTHEASTWARD TO THE COAST NEAR STUART. THE RAIN AREA...AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED EASTWARD OVER THE ATLANTIC TO GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND...THE BIMINIS...AND 25 MILE EAST OF THE UPPER KEYS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 40 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN...AND NEAR TO... THE WATCH AREA. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. 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
The office that day
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, 2:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 67 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.