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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Miami, FL

July 7, 2000Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2000, 6:05 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 55 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
Jul 7, 2000, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2000, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Broward County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 2000-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 469 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 2000-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
469 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
1 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 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 
WUUS52 KMFL 072208
SVRMIA

FLC011-072300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
605 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...DAVIE...PLANTATION...FERNCREST       
  VILLAGE...AND NEAR THE INTERSECTIONS OF I-595 AND THE FLORIDA
  TURNPIKE...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 601 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER PLANTATION..MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT...
  OVER DAVIE...2 MILES NORTHWEST OF COOPER CITY AT 620 PM EDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR

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 SE5RVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN MIAMI.

LAT...LON 2614 8018 2619 8028 2604 8038 2604 8028

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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.