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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Miami, FL

March 28, 1996Glades County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1996, 12:02 AM EST for Glades County, Florida. It was in force for 43 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
Mar 28, 1996, 12:02 AM EST (05:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 1996, 12:45 AM EST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Glades County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 1996-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 823 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 1996-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
823 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1156 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KMIA 280503 RRA
SVRMIA
FLC043-280545-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1202 AM EST THU MAR 28 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTH FLORIDA
 
   ...GLADES COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST ACROSS GLADES COUNTY TOWARD LAKE
OKEECHOBEE. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH
ANY COULD CONTAIN STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS.
 
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.
 
THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN BOATER SAFETY WITH GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF
35 KNOTS...ROUGH SEAS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  YOUR BEST COURSE OF
ACTION IS TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR...BUT IF YOU ARE CAUGHT ON THE OPEN
WATER...STAY BELOW DECK OR KEEP A LOW PROFILE AND KEEP AWAY FROM
UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS. WEAR FLOTATION DEVICES.
 
 
 
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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.