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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Miami, FL

February 13, 1995Glades County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 13, 1995, 9:07 PM EST for Glades County, Florida. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 13, 1995, 9:07 PM EST (02:07 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 1995, 10:15 PM EST
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Glades County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 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 00:00Z on 1995-02-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-02-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-144 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
663 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMIA 140258
SVRMIA
FLC043-140315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
955 PM EST MON FEB 13 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1055 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......

IN SOUTH FLORIDA

   ...GLADES COUNTY AND ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN GLADES COUNTY AT THIS
TIME AND WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY
AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CONTAINED WITHIN A LARGER AREA OF SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDESTORMS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF
CENTRAL FLORIDA.

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.

BOATERS ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE SHOULD MAKE FOR SHORE AND PROTECTED
SHELTER AT THIS TIME. WINDS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO SMALL CRAFT
ON LAKE WATERS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED...TAKE SHELTER...THEN REPORT THE
SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

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

Local storm report, Feb 13, 3:22 PM EST, 5 hours 45 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI, FL
319 PM EST MON FEB 13 1995

249 PM EST     OBSERVER AT MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED A WIND GUST
               TO 61 MPH.  NO REPORTS OF ANY DAMAGE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN
               ASSOCIATION WITH THIS STORM.
Local storm report, Feb 13, 3:41 PM EST, 5 hours 26 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI, FL
340 PM EST MON FEB 13 1995
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WAETHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
340 PM EST MON FEB 13 1995

249 PM EST....G53 KTS AT MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

              REPORT FROM EOC...DAMAGE TO 3 AIRCRAFT
                                TO SOME LOADING RAMPS
                                TO SOME TERMINAL BUILDING ROOFING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 9:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier55 min
Feb 13, 9:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades20 min
Feb 13, 10:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier45 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.