Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 14, 1995, 6:40 AM EST for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 1995, 6:40 AM EST (11:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 14, 1995, 7:30 AM EST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Miami-Dade County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 723 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMIA 141143 RRA SVRMIA FLC025-141230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 640 AM EST SAT JAN 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA ...DADE COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED OVER SOUTH DADE COUNTY... MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTH NORTHWEST AT OVER 30 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE POSIBLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS AT 640 AM WERE LOCATED BETWEEN TAMIAMI AIRPORT... HOMESTEAD... AND KEY LARGO. RESIDENTS OF SOUTH AND NORTHWEST DADE COUNTY EXPECT SEVER WEATHER 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, Jan 14, 12:45 AM EST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
FLZ067-068-502-141845-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL
1245 AM EST SAT JAN 14 1995
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY UNTIL 5PM...
...HIGH WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT TODAY....
AT 1235 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A 120 MILE WIDE AREA OF
RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN...OVER
THE PENINSULA AND ADJACENT ATLANTIC AND GULF COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN
ORLANDO AND THE KEYS. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE OVER NORTHWEST DADE
COUNTY AND IN MARTIN COUNTY EAST OF INDIAN TOWN.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS
CAN AND OCCASSIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR A COMMERCIAL TELEVISION
OR RADIO STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES.Local storm report, Jan 14, 5:35 AM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI, FL
535 AM EST SAT JAN 14 1995
0435 EST WIND DAMAGE/COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE/PELICAN BAY NORTH OF
NAPLES/NO INJURIES/AUSTRALIAN PINE 8-12 INCHES IN DIAMETER BLOWN
OVER ONTO ROADWAYS/SMALL HAIL ALSO REPORTED/WINDS ESTIMATED AT 45
KTS OR 52 MPH.Local storm report, Jan 14, 5:37 AM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI, FL
535 AM EST SAT JAN 14 1995
0435 EST WIND DAMAGE/COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE/PELICAN BAY NORTH OF
NAPLES/NO INJURIES/AUSTRALIAN PINE 8-12 INCHES IN DIAMETER BLOWN
OVER ONTO ROADWAYS/SMALL HAIL ALSO REPORTED/WINDS ESTIMATED AT 45
KTS OR 52 MPH.Special weather statement, Jan 14, 5:59 AM EST, 41 minutes before
FLZ069-070-063-066-141200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 559 AM EST SAT JAN 14 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR COLLIER COUNTY UNTIL 9 AM EST... AT 530 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT MIAMI INDICATES AN AREA NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INLAND OVER SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA. CURRENTLY...THE MAIN AREA OF ACTIVITY EXTENDS FROM THE EASTERN PARTS OF CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES SOUTHWARD TO THE NAPLES AREA AND CONTINUING SOUTHWARD TO WITHIN 5 MILES OF THE COAST FROM EVERGLADES CITY INTO EXTREME WESTERN PARTS OF FLORIDA BAY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MAINLY FORMED ALONG A NORTH TO SOUTH LINE THAT IS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD AT ABOUT 10 MPH OR LESS. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...HEAVY RAINS MAY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER AND SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED TORNADOS MAY ACCOMPANY THIS LINE OF WEATHER AS IT CONTINUES MOVING OVER THE AREA THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT TO THE POSSIBLE OCCURRENCE OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. &
Special weather statement, Jan 14, 6:01 AM EST, 39 minutes before
FLZ069-070-063-066-141200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 559 AM EST SAT JAN 14 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR COLLIER COUNTY UNTIL 9 AM EST... AT 530 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT MIAMI INDICATES AN AREA NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INLAND OVER SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA. CURRENTLY...THE MAIN AREA OF ACTIVITY EXTENDS FROM THE EASTERN PARTS OF CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES SOUTHWARD TO THE NAPLES AREA AND CONTINUING SOUTHWARD TO WITHIN 5 MILES OF THE COAST FROM EVERGLADES CITY INTO EXTREME WESTERN PARTS OF FLORIDA BAY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MAINLY FORMED ALONG A NORTH TO SOUTH LINE THAT IS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD AT ABOUT 10 MPH OR LESS. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...HEAVY RAINS MAY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER AND SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED TORNADOS MAY ACCOMPANY THIS LINE OF WEATHER AS IT CONTINUES MOVING OVER THE AREA THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT TO THE POSSIBLE OCCURRENCE OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 1:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 60 min |
| Jan 14, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 60 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.