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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Miami, FL

May 9, 1999Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1999, 2:24 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1999, 2:24 PM EDT (18:24 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1999, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Palm Beach County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 2:35 PM EDTHail 0.75Jupiter, FL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 9, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 1999-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1797 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 1999-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 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
1797 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 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.

999 
WUUS1 KMIA 091826 RRA
SVRMIA
FLC099-091915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
224 PM EDT SUN MAY 9 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 224 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST JUPITER...MOVING   
NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WEST JUPITER
  UNITED
  JUPITER

VERY SMALL...BRIEF...BUT DANGEROUS TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN MIAMI.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2691 8037 2678 8023 2703 7992 2719 8010

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades, Hendry63 min
May 9, 1:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier61 min
May 9, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier34 min
May 9, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.