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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Miami, FL

May 14, 1995Glades County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 5:00 PM EDT for Glades County, Florida. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Glades County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 657 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
657 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1384 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMIA 142100
SVRMIA
FLC043-142200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
500 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTH FLORIDA
 
   ...NORTHERN GLADES COUNTY
 
AT 5:00 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
OVER NORTHERN GLADES COUNTY. THE STORM WAS LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTHWEST
OF THE BRIGHTON SEMINOLE INDIAN RESERVATION. THE STORM WAS
MOVING WEST-SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 20 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.

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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.