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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Miami, FL

August 23, 1995Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 1995, 3:28 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 23, 1995, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 1995, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Broward County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 40 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 1995-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 920 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 1995-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
920 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 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 231930 RRA
SVRMIA
FLC011-232130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
328 PM EDT WED AUG 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
 
   ...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST
 
A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS BEARING POTENTIAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING EAST AFFECTING
I-75...AND POPULATED SECTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BROWARD
COUNTY THROUGH 5 PM. CORAL SPRINGS...TAMARAC...SUNRISE...
BONAVENTURE...WESTON AREAS WILL GET THE BAD WEATHER FIRST...
AREAS EAST TO THE COAST WILL BE AFFECTED BY 4 TO 5 PM.
 
 
IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED...TAKE SHELTER...THEN CALL THE
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OR REPORT THE SEVERE
WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREBST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

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.