Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1998, 4:22 PM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 63 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 29, 1998, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1998, 5:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Collier County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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 113 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2741 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
594 WUUS1 KMIA 292023 RRA SVRMIA FLC021-292125- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 422 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA * UNTIL 525 PM EDT * AT 419 PM EDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EVERGLADES CITY MOVING NORTH AT LESS THAN 5 MPH. 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.
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 29, 1:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI, FL
133 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1319 EDT CUTLER RIDGE FL WIND DAMAGE...LARGE OAK
06/29/98 DADE TREE BLOWN OVERLocal storm report, Jun 29, 1:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI, FL
133 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1319 EDT CUTLER RIDGE FL WIND DAMAGE...LARGE OAK
06/29/98 DADE TREE BLOWN OVERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 62 min |
| Jun 29, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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.