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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Miami, FL

May 16, 2000Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2000, 3:45 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 2000, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2000, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 15 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 2000-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 823 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 2000-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
823 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KMFL 161947
SVRMIA
FLC011-025-162030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
345 PM EDT TUE MAY 16 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
  NORTHEASTERN DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
  
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 340 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM  ABOUT OVER SUNSHINE RANCHES MOVING SOUTH AT 15
  MPH.

AT 345 PM EDT A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED

* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
  WESTON
  PEMBROKE PINES
  MIRAMAR
  MIAMI LAKES
  

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
  WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR

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

LAT...LON 2613 8030 2609 8050 2567 8043 2573 8016

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.