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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Miami, FL

June 22, 2000Glades County, Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2000, 5:15 PM EDT for Glades County, Hendry 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
Jun 22, 2000, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2000, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2000-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 491 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 2000-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -46 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
491 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-24 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.

057 
WUUS52 KMFL 222117
SVRMIA
FLC043-051-222200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
515 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL GLADES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOORE HAVEN
  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 508 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF MOORE HAVEN OVER LAKE            
  HICPOCHEE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED THROUGH 600 PM EDT...
  U.S. 27...ROUTE 80 AND MOORE HAVEN

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
  WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING
  VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY
FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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 2675 8124 2674 8104 2687 8102 2694 8121

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 12:42 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLMiami-Dade18 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.