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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Miami, FL

July 9, 1995Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 3:29 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 1995, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1995, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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 193 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 1995-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2173 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 1995-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
2173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
806 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 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 091930 RRA
SVRMIA
FLC011-025-092030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
329 PM EDT SUN JUL 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
 
   ...EASTERN BROWARD COUNTY...NORTHERN DADE COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE BECOMING SEVERE OVER EASTERN BROWARD COUNTY
AND WILL BE DEVELOPING INTO EXTREME NORTH DADE COUNTY ACCORDING
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR.
 
 
DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN A hSEVERE THUNDERSTORM. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE
TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 12:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier, Hendry62 min
Jul 9, 1:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach59 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.