Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 20, 1995, 12:53 PM EST for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 1995, 12:53 PM EST (17:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 1995, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Collier County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMIA 201754 RRA SVRMIA FLC021-201900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1253 PM EST MON FEB 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ...WESTERN COLLIER COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST AT 1250 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS APPROACHING WESTERN COLLIER COUNTY FROM THE GULF. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH. COMMUNITIES AFFECTED IN THE NEXT HOUR WILL BE NAPLES PARK...NAPLES...MARCO ISLAND AND THE GOLDEN GATE AREA. 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.
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 20, 9:00 AM EST, 3 hours 53 minutes before
FLZ022>025-030>033-036>038-041-201500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 900 AM EST MON FEB 20 1995 THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY ISSUED FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA EARLIER THIS MORNING IS CANCELLED.
Special weather statement, Feb 20, 9:03 AM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
FLZ022>025-030>033-036>038-041-201500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 900 AM EST MON FEB 20 1995 THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY ISSUED FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA EARLIER THIS MORNING IS CANCELLED.
Special weather statement, Feb 20, 12:39 PM EST, 14 minutes before
FLZ072-071-074-073-069-070-063-066-068-067-201845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1239 PM EST MON FEB 20 1995 AT 1230 PM...THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUPITER TO NAPLES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST END ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF NAPLES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN WESTERN COLLIER AND HENDRY COUNTIES CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING BETWEEN 1 PM AND 3 PM. IN ADDITION...SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOPE OVER OTHER PARTS OF SOUTH FLORIDA IN THE NEXT HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 20, 12:40 PM EST, 13 minutes before
FLZ072-071-074-073-069-070-063-066-068-067-201845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1239 PM EST MON FEB 20 1995 AT 1230 PM...THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUPITER TO NAPLES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST END ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF NAPLES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN WESTERN COLLIER AND HENDRY COUNTIES CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY W:INDS...POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING BETWEEN 1 PM AND 3 PM. IN ADDITION...SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOPE OVER OTHER PARTS OF SOUTH FLORIDA IN THE NEXT HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Collier | 63 min |
| Feb 20, 2:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 60 min |
| Feb 20, 3:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 52 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.