Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 13, 1995, 9:55 PM EST for Glades County, Florida. It was in force for 20 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 13, 1995, 9:55 PM EST (02:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 13, 1995, 10:15 PM EST
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Glades County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 663 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMIA 140258 SVRMIA FLC043-140315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 955 PM EST MON FEB 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1055 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH FLORIDA ...GLADES COUNTY AND ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN GLADES COUNTY AT THIS TIME AND WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CONTAINED WITHIN A LARGER AREA OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDESTORMS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF CENTRAL FLORIDA. 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. BOATERS ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE SHOULD MAKE FOR SHORE AND PROTECTED SHELTER AT THIS TIME. WINDS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO SMALL CRAFT ON LAKE WATERS. IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED...TAKE SHELTER...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, Feb 13, 9:40 PM EST, 15 minutes before
FLZ067-068-502-140345-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL
940 PM EST MON FEB 13 1995
....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FOR
PALM BEACH COUNTY....
AT 935 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN
WITH EMBEDED THUNDERSTORMS. TWO OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SEVERE
AND THEY WERE LOCATED OVER WESTERN GLADES COUNTY AND OVER TEH ST LUCIE
COUNTY COASTAL WATERS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES
AN HOUR.
THE AREA OF RAIN WAS 50 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM CHARLOTTE HARBOR
TO VERO BEACH THEN OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC 150 MILES. THE NORTHERN
EXTENT OF THE RAIN WAS A LINE FROM FORT MEADE TO MELBOURNE WHILE
THE SOUTHERN EXTENT WAS FROM FORT MYERS TO HOBE SOUND.
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO WIDESPREAD OVER THE BAHAMAS AND THE
GREAT BAHAMA BANK.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMSIN...OR CLOSE TO...THE
WATCH AREA.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF
55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND...OR...LOCAL TV AND RADIO
STATIONS FOR WARNINGS SHOULD THEY BE REQUIRED.
NNNNSpecial weather statement, Feb 13, 9:51 PM EST, 4 minutes before
FLZ067-068-502-140345-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL
940 PM EST MON FEB 13 1995
....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FOR
PALM BEACH COUNTY....
AT 935 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN
WITH EMBEDED THUNDERSTORMS. TWO OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SEVERE
AND THEY WERE LOCATED OVER WESTERN GLADES COUNTY AND OVER TEH ST LUCIE
COUNTY COASTAL WATERS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES
AN HOUR.
THE AREA OF RAIN WAS 50 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM CHARLOTTE HARBOR
TO VERO BEACH THEN OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC 150 MILES. THE NORTHERN
EXTENT OF THE RAIN WAS A LINE FROM FORT MEADE TO MELBOURNE WHILE
THE SOUTHERN EXTENT WAS FROM FORT MYERS TO HOBE SOUND.
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO WIDESPREAD OVER THE BAHAMAS AND THE
GREAT BAHAMA BANK.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMSIN...OR CLOSE TO...THE
WATCH AREA.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF
55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND...OR...LOCAL TV AND RADIO
STATIONS FOR WARNINGS SHOULD THEY BE REQUIRED.
NNNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 9:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades | 68 min |
| Feb 13, 9:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 55 min |
| Feb 13, 10:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 45 min |
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.