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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Miami, FL

May 28, 1996Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1996, 9:48 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 1996, 9:48 PM EDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1996, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 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 00:00Z, 1.8 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 1996-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1839 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 1996-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
1839 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
965 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-5 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 290149
SVRMIA
FLC025-290245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
948 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN DADE COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY
 
A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS PRODDUCING STRONG GUSTY
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH.
 
WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES HAVE REPORTED WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH
SW 176TH STREET AND 83RD AVENUE AND IN THE VICINITY OF THE
WHISPERING PINES SUBDIVISION.
 
MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION AS THIS STORM MOSVES SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH
SOUTH DADE.

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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.