Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 1995, 12:31 PM EST for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 1995, 12:31 PM EST (17:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 1995, 1:30 PM EST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Broward County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 1648 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 689 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMIA 181733 RRA SVRMIA FLC011-181830- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1231 PM EST SAT MAR 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA ...EASTERN BROWARD COUNTY AT 1230 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN BROWARD COUNTY NEAR PLANTATION. QUARTER-SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN DAVIE NEAR THIS STORM. 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, Mar 18, 11:35 AM EST, 56 minutes before
FLZ067-181735- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 1135 AM EST SAT MAR 18 1995 ...STRNG THUNDESTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY... AT 1130 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN INTENSITY OVER SOUTHERN LAKE OKEECHOBEE...NEAR SOUTH BAY... AND OVER EASTERN GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. BOATERS ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT FOR THE APPROACH OF THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR. MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING THEIR FLOTATION DEVCE AND STAY BELOW DECK TO PREVET LIGHTNING STRIKES. RESIDENTS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE APPROACH OF THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. ELSWHERE ON WEATHER RADAR....SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA FROM TAMPA EXTENDING ACROSS THE PENINSULA TO MIAMI AND OFFSHORE TO THE BIMINIS. AKSO...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUD FROM WEST END GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND TO TH COAST NEAR MIAMI. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 11:50 AM EST, 41 minutes before
FLZ067-181735- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 1135 AM EST SAT MAR 18 1995 ...STRNG THUNDESTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY... AT 1130 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN INTENSITY OVER SOUTHERN LAKE OKEECHOBEE...NEAR SOUTH BAY... AND OVER EASTERN GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. BOATERS ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT FOR THE APPROACH OF THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR. MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING THEIR FLOTATION DEVCE AND STAY BELOW DECK TO PREVET LIGHTNING STRIKES. RESIDENTS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE APPROACH OF THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. ELSWHERE ON WEATHER RADAR....SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA FROM TAMPA EXTENDING ACROSS THE PENINSULA TO MIAMI AND OFFSHORE TO THE BIMINIS. AKSO...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUD FROM WEST END GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND TO TH COAST NEAR MIAMI. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. ~ NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 12:00 PM EST, 31 minutes before
FLZ067-190200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 1200 PM EST SAT MAR 18 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY MO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATH FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS SATURDAY EVENING... PALM BEACH COUNTY IS INCLUDED WITHIN THIS WATCH AREA. BOATERS ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT FOR THE APPROACH OF THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR. MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING THEIR FLOTATION DEVICES AND STAY BELOW DECK TO HELP THE PREVENTION OF LIGHTNING STRIKES. RESIDENTS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE APPROACH OF THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. REMEMBER....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN...AND CLOSE TO ...THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR UPDATES. NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 12:12 PM EST, 19 minutes before
FLZ067-190200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 1200 PM EST SAT MAR 18 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY MO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATH FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS SATURDAY EVENING... PALM BEACH COUNTY IS INCLUDED WITHIN THIS WATCH AREA. BOATERS ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT FOR THE APPROACH OF THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR. MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING THEIR FLOTATION DEVICES AND STAY BELOW DECK TO HELP THE PREVENTION OF LIGHTNING STRIKES. RESIDENTS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE APPROACH OF THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. REMEMBER....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN...AND CLOSE TO ...THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR UPDATES. NNNN
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.