Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 14, 1995, 3:00 PM EST for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 1995, 3:00 PM EST (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 14, 1995, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Broward County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 983 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 1:40 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
FLZ067-068-502-141945-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL
140 PM EST SAT JAN 14 1995
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY UNTIL 5PM...
...HIGH WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT TODAY....
AT 135 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY ALONG THE EASTERN SHORE OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE
NEAR BELLE GLADE EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO BROWARD COUNTY. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...WINDS
GUSTS UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN DADE COUNTY AND MOVING NORTH AT 30
MILES AN HOUR.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN 100 MILES WIDE
EXTENDING FROM ORLANDO AND CAPE CANAVERAL SOUTHWARD TO THE UPPER KEYS.
SHOWERS WERE ALSO SCATERED OVER COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN CAPE CANAVERAL
AND POMPANO BEACH.
THE AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 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.Special weather statement, Jan 14, 1:43 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
FLZ067-068-502-141945-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL
140 PM EST SAT JAN 14 1995
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY UNTIL 5PM...
...HIGH WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT TODAY....
AT 135 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY ALONG THE EASTERN SHORE OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE
NEAR BELLE GLADE EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO BROWARD COUNTY. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...WINDS
GUSTS UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN DADE COUNTY AND MOVING NORTH AT 30
MILES AN HOUR.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN 100 MILES WIDE
EXTENDING FROM ORLANDO AND CAPE CANAVERAL SOUTHWARD TO THE UPPER KEYS.
SHOWERS WERE ALSO SCATERED OVER COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN CAPE CANAVERAL
AND POMPANO BEACH.
THE AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 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, 2:12 PM EST, 48 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI, FL
212 PM EST SAT JAN 14 1995
1225 EST WIND DAMAGE/DADE COUNTY-QUAIL ROOST DRIVE AND SW 108TH AVE
IN SOUTH DADE THUNDERSTORM WINDS BLEW DOWN A SIGN AND BLEW
EMPTY METAL DUMPSTERS ABOUT.
1337 EST TORNADO/BROWARD COUNTY-COOPER CITY JUST SOUTH OF STIRLING
ROAD AND JUST EAST OF FLAMINGO ROAD MINOR DAMAGE TO TWO
HOUSES..REPORTED BY BROWARD EOC PERSONNEL.Local storm report, Jan 14, 2:17 PM EST, 43 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI, FL
212 PM EST SAT JAN 14 1995
1225 EST WIND DAMAGE/DADE COUNTY-QUAIL ROOST DRIVE AND SW 108TH AVE
IN SOUTH DADE THUNDERSTORM WINDS BLEW DOWN A SIGN AND BLEW
EMPTY METAL DUMPSTERS ABOUT.
1337 EST TORNADO/BROWARD COUNTY-COOPER CITY JUST SOUTH OF STIRLING
ROAD AND JUST EAST OF FLAMINGO ROAD MINOR DAMAGE TO TWO
HOUSES..REPORTED BY BROWARD EOC PERSONNEL.Special weather statement, Jan 14, 2:35 PM EST, 25 minutes before
FLZ067-068-502-142040-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL
235 PM EST SAT JAN 14 1995
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY UNTIL 5PM...
...HIGH WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT...
AT 235 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
EASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY ALONG...AND JUST OFFSHORE...FROM JUST NORTH
OF JUPITER SOUTH TO BOCA RATON.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...WINDS
GUSTS UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM OKEECHOBEE COUNTY SOUTHWARD
TO SOUTH-CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY.
ALSO...STRONG THUNDRSTORMS WERE ALONG...AND JUST OFFSHORE...OF BROWARD
COUNTY FROM FORT LAUDEDALE TO HOLLYWOOD.
RAIN...MOSTLY LIGHT...COVERED MOST OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PENINSUALA.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 30 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.Special weather statement, Jan 14, 2:43 PM EST, 17 minutes before
FLZ067-068-502-142040-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL
235 PM EST SAT JAN 14 1995
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY UNTIL 5PM...
...HIGH WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT...
AT 235 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
EASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY ALONG...AND JUST OFFSHORE...FROM JUST NORTH
OF JUPITER SOUTH TO BOCA RATON.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...WINDS
GUSTS UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM OKEECHOBEE COUNTY SOUTHWARD
TO SOUTH-CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY.
ALSO...STRONG THUNDRSTORMS WERE ALONG...AND JUST OFFSHORE...OF BROWARD
COUNTY FROM FORT LAUDEDALE TO HOLLYWOOD.
RAIN...MOSTLY LIGHT...COVERED MOST OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PENINSUALA.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 30 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.The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 6:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 50 min |
| Jan 14, 1:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 60 min |
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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.