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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Miami, FL

May 22, 1997Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1997, 4:21 PM EDT for Broward 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
May 22, 1997, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 1997, 5:20 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Broward County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 40 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 1997-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1323 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 1997-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 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
1323 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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

023 
WUUS1 KMIA 222022 RRA
SVRMIA
FLC011-222120-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
421 PM EDT THU MAY 22 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 520 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA

   ...EASTERN BROWARD COUNTY
 
AT 416 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY MIAMI DOPPLER
RADAR BETWEEN SUNRISE AND TAMARAC MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
ARE...PLANTATION...LAUDERHILL...WESTON...AND ANDYTOWN.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. SEEK SHELTER IN
A STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach60 min
May 22, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades53 min
May 22, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades, Hendry60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.