Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1996, 6:16 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 59 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
- Jun 9, 1996, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1996, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 1249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 952 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMIA 092219 SVRMIA FLC011-025-092315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 616 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA ...SOUTHEAST BROWARD COUNTY...NORTH DADE COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER SOUTHEAST BROWARD AND EXTREME NORTH DADE COUNTY...MOVING LITTLE BUT EXPANDING SLOWLY TOWARD THE SOUTH OVER NORTH DADE. AREAS AFFECTED BY WINDS...HAIL...LIGHTNING... AND RAINS INCLUDE MIRAMAR...HOLLYWOOD... AND IN DADE...NORLANDS...CAROL CITY...JOE ROBBIE STADIUM AREA...SPREADING INTO OPALOCKA. EARLIER AROUND 555 PM THIS STORM PRODUCED 50 TO 60 MPH WIND GUSTS IN MIRAMAR...AND EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN. DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE H>AIL...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. &
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, Jun 9, 1:13 PM EDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI, FL
113 PM EDT SUN JUN 09 1996
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
110 PM BOCA RATON FL 1/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED
06/09/96 PALM BEACH COUNTY BY PALM BEACH SKY WARN
OFF OF MILITARY TRAIL
BETWEEN PALMETTO PARK ROAD
AND GLADES ROAD.Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:57 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI, FL
600 PM EDT SUN JUN 09 1996
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0455 PM FT. LAUDERDALE FL WIND DAMAGE
06/09/96 BROWARD REPORTED BY BROWARD COUNTY
SKYWARN ONE-HALF MILE
NORTHWEST OF FT. LAUDERDALE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
MAINLY TREE DAMAGE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades | 66 min |
| Jun 9, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 59 min |
| Jun 9, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 56 min |
| Jun 9, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 63 min |
| Jun 9, 5:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
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.