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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Miami, FL

June 22, 1999Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1999, 4:48 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 47 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 22, 1999, 4:48 PM EDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1999, 5:35 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Broward County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 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 1999-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1148 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 1999-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
1148 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
953 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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.

000 
TTAA00 KMIA 222049 RRA
SVRMIA
FLC011-222135-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
448 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 535 PM EDT

* AT 447 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF CORAL SPRINGS IN NORTHERN
  BROWARD COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH.


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
Jun 22, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLHendry42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.