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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Miami, FL

January 3, 1996Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 3, 1996, 6:34 AM EST for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 116 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jan 3, 1996, 6:34 AM EST (11:34 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 1996, 8:30 AM EST
In force
116 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Miami-Dade County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 3, 8:07 AM ESTTornado F1(Mia)Miami Intl, FL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 31 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 00:00Z on 1996-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1348 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, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 1996-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
1348 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
826 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KMIA 031137 RRA
SVRMIA
FLC025-031330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
634 AM EST WED JAN 3 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
 
   ...DADE COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
AT 630 AM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED ON DOPPLER RADAR
ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF KROME AVENUE AND
TAMIAMI TRAIL.
 
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL PASS
THROUGH WEST KENDALL AND HIALEAH AROUND 730 AM.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 11:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier58 min
Jan 3, 8:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLMiami-Dade65 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.