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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Miami, FL

June 27, 1996Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1996, 1:08 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 67 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 27, 1996, 1:08 PM EDT (17:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1996, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Miami-Dade County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 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 12:00Z on 1996-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 701 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 1996-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
701 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
950 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 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 271709 RRA
SVRMIA
FLC025-271815-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
108 PM EDT THU JUN 27 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
 
   ...EASTERN DADE COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING BISCAYNE BAY
 
AT 105 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN DADE COUNTY WITH THE STRONGEST STORM
NORTHEAST OF HOMESTEAD. PEOPLE OVER CULTER RIDGE AND ALONG THE SHORES
OF BISCAYNE BAY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH 130 PM.
 
 
IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED...TAKE SHELTER...THEN REPORT THE
SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward55 min
Jun 27, 1:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier, Hendry56 min
Jun 27, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward63 min
Jun 27, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach58 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.