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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Miami, FL

June 9, 1996Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 1996-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1249 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 12:00Z on 1996-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.
 
 
 
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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades66 min
Jun 9, 1:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach61 min
Jun 9, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward59 min
Jun 9, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach56 min
Jun 9, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward63 min
Jun 9, 5:15 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLBroward60 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.