Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2000, 12:46 AM EST for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 59 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, 12:46 AM EST (05:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2000, 1:45 AM EST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Miami-Dade 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 280550 SVRMIA FLC011-025-280645- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1246 AM EST TUE MAR 28 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA EXTREME NORTHEASTERN DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA * UNTIL 145 AM EST * AT 1246 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF MIRAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... NEAR DAVIE...PEMBROKE PINES AND COOPER CITY AROUND 125 AM EST NEAR HOLLYWOOD AROUND 140 AM EST NEAR CAROL CITY AROUND 135 AM EST NEAR AVENTURA AROUND 145 AM EST THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING SEEK A ySTURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY! LAT...LON 2616 8079 2598 8081 2586 8002 2613 7998 NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 12:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 64 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.