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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Miami, FL

June 5, 1995Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1995, 3:21 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 80 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 1995, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 1995, 4:41 PM EDT
In force: 80 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL
Area: Whole counties

County Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMIA 051922 RRA
SVRMIA
FLC099-052130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
321 PM EDT MON JUN 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
 
   ...EASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IT SHOULD MOVE THROUGH BOCA RATON... DELRAY
BEACH... AND BOYTON BEACH WITHIN THE HOUR.
 
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.
 
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, Jun 5, 10:04 AM EDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before

FLZ063-066>074-502-504-052200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1000 AM EST MON JUNE 05 1995

...HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY...

THE MAIN FEEDER BAND SPIRALING INTO ALLISON IS FORECAST TO REMAIN ABOUT
STATIONARY ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THE REMAINDER OF TODAY. THIS MEANS NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING SQUALLY WEATHER WILL OCCUR OVER THE SOUTH
FLORIDA PENINSULA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VERO BEACH TO FORT MYERS.

DUE TO STRONG WINDS JUST ABOVE THE GROUND ANY SHOWER CAN PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF
 AT LEAST 25 TO 35 MPH. MARINE INTERESTS...ESPECIALLY BOATERS AND BATHERS...ARE
URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION DUE TO THE ROUGH SURF CAUSED BY THESE STRONG WINDS.
RAIN WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY AND MAY CAUSE MINOR STREET FLOODING...BUT DUE TO
THE BRIEF NATURE OF THE SHOWERS...NO WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS EXPECTED.

SHORT TERM FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED AT FREQUENT INTERVALS BY THE MIAMI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1995 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.