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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Miami, FL

July 10, 1995Glades County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1995, 3:49 PM EDT for Glades County, Florida. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 1995, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 1995, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Glades County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 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 1995-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2786 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
2786 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 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 101950 RRA
SVRMIA
FLC043-FLZ067-102045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
349 PM EDT MON JUL 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTH FLORIDA
 
   ...EASTERN GLADES COUNTY
 
  AND FOR BOATERS ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE AS IT MOVES OVER
EASTERN GLADES COUNTY AND ADJACENT LAKE OKEECHOBEE.
AREAS AFFECTED WILL BE BETWEEN MOORHAVE AND LAKE PORT.
 
 
DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARG0E 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.

Nearby

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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.