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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Miami, FL

June 16, 1995Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1995, 3:32 PM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 1995, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1995, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Collier County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Key West, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2827 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, Key West, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
2827 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
655 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMIA 161934 RRA
SVRMIA
FLC021-FLZ504-162000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
332 PM EDT FRI JUN 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN COLLIER COUNTY
 
  AND FOR BOATERS ON THE COASTAL WATERS FROM
 
   ...BONITA BEACH  TO  EVERGLADES CITY
 
AT 330 PM DOPPLER RADARAS AT MIAMI AND TAMPA DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER THE VANDERBILT BEACH...NAPLES PARK AREA. THE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY WEST AND WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL
WATERS IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.
 
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.
 
THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN BOATER SAFETY WITH GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF
35 KNOTS...ROUGH SEAS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  YOUR BEST COURSE OF
ACTION IS TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR...BUT IF YOU ARE CAUGHT ON THE OPEN
WATER...STAY BELOW DECK OR KEEP A LOW PROFILE AND KEEP AWAY FROM
UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS. WEAR FLOTATION DEVICES.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.