Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2000, 12:41 AM EST for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 64 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
- Mar 28, 2000, 12:41 AM EST (05:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2000, 1:45 AM EST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Broward County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 1:30 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Davie, FL | A SKYWARN spotter reported a wind gust near 63 mph. |
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 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 38 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 677 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KMFL 280541 SVRMIA FLC011-280645- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1241 AM EST TUE MAR 28 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA * UNTIL 145 AM EST * AT 1239 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF WESTON...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF DAVIE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... NEAR WESTON AROUND 1250 AM EST NEAR SAWGRASS MILLS MALL AROUND 105 AM EST NEAR SUNRISE AROUND 110 AM EST NEAR PLANTATION AROUND 115 AM EST NEAR LAUDERDALE LAKES AROUND 125 AM EST NEAR FORT LAUDERDALE AROUND 135 AM EST THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY! LAT...LON 2623 8056 2605 8056 2601 7996 2628 7996 NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 12:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 59 min |
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.