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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Miami, FL

January 7, 1995Glades County, Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 7, 1995, 10:55 AM EST for Glades County, Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 7, 1995, 10:55 AM EST (15:55 UTC)
Expired
Jan 7, 1995, 12:00 PM EST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-01-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 967 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-01-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
967 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
757 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
9.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMIA 071558 RRA
SVRMIA
FLC043-051-071700-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1055 AM EST SAT JAN 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTH FLORIDA
 
   ...GLADES COUNTY...HENDRY COUNTY
 
AT 1050 AM RADAR DETECTED A SQUALL LINE WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
INTO NORTHWEST GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTY AT 25 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.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.
 
IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED...TAKE SHELTER...THEN REPORT THE

SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 2:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.