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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Miami, FL

November 26, 2000Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 26, 2000, 2:11 PM EST for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 64 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
Nov 26, 2000, 2:11 PM EST (19:11 UTC)
Expired
Nov 26, 2000, 3:15 PM EST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Palm Beach County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 2000-11-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 58 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 2000-11-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
58 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-176 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1065 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KMFL 261912
SVRMIA
FLC099-262015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
211 PM EST SUN NOV 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 315 PM EST

* AT 211 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER
  OKEELANTA..MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 315 PM EST...
  OKEELANTA AND SOUTH BAY...
  BELLE GLADE...
  LION COUNTRY SAFARI...
  THE ACREAGE AND WELLINGTON...
  ROYAL PALM BEACH...

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

LAT...LON 2663 8081 2647 8074 2665 8010 2690 8021

.END

SANTOS

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.