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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Miami, FL

July 25, 1995Glades County, Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1995, 3:11 PM EDT for Glades County, Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 1995, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1995, 4:07 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 137 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, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2846 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, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -54 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
2846 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-35 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 251913 RRA
SVRMIA
FLC043-051-252015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
311 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTH FLORIDA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN GLADES COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN HENDRY COUNTY
 
AT 305 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE JUST EAST OF
CLEWISTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH AND WILL
MOVE NEAR CLEWISTON SHORTLY AND THEN POSSIBLY INTO SOUTHEAST
GLADES COUNTY NEAR MOORE HAVEN BY 330 PM EDT.
 
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.

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.