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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Miami, FL

June 7, 2000Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2000, 4:44 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 61 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
Jun 7, 2000, 4:44 PM EDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2000, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 4:55 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 55 EHialeah, 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 nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 3 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 2000-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1336 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
1336 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1049 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 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.

220 
WUUS52 KMFL 072044
SVRMIA
FLC025-072145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
444 PM EDT WED JUN 7 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CORAL GABLES...HIALEAH...KENDALL...
  SOUTH MIAMI

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 439 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER HIALEAH..MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT...
  OVER HIALEAH AT 500 PM EDT
  OVER MIAMI SPRINGS...MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 510 PM EDT
  OVER SWEETWATER...5 MILES WEST OF CORAL GABLES AT 525 PM EDT
  4 MILES WEST OF SOUTH MIAMI AT 535 PM EDT
  3 MILES NORTHWEST OF KENDALL...3 MILES EAST OF KENDALL LAKES...7
  MILES NORTHWEST OF PERRINE...7 MILES NORTH OF CUTLER RIDGE AT 545
  PM EDT

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

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.

LAT...LON 2593 8016 2596 8035 2561 8053 2554 8028

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.