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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Miami, FL

May 22, 1997Glades County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1997, 6:27 PM EDT for Glades County, Florida. It was in force for 53 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, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 1997, 7:20 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Glades County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 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 12:00Z on 1997-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 938 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 12:00Z on 1997-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
938 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
783 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMIA 222228
SVRMIA
FLC043-222320-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 720 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH FLORIDA

   ...EASTERN GLADES COUNTY

INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE
 
AT 620 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY MIAMI DOPPLER
RADAR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF THE BRIGHTON INDIAN RESERVATION MOVING
SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR THE
BRIGHTON INDIAN RESERVATION AND BUCKHEAD RIDGE AS WELL AS LAKE
OKEECHOBEE DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK REFUGE FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. STAY INSIDE
AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN BOATER SAFETY WITH GUSTY WINDS OF 35 KNOTS OR
GREATER...ROUGH SEAS...AND LIGHTNING. YOUR BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS
TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR...BUT IF YOU ARE CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATER...STAY
BELOW DECK AND AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS. MAKE SURE: YOU AND
YOUR CREW ARE WEARING FLOATATION DEVICES.

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, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward59 min
May 22, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades, Hendry60 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.