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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Miami, FL

May 14, 2000Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2000, 5:45 PM EDT for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 60 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
May 14, 2000, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2000, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Hendry County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2000-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 396 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 2000-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
396 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
969 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 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.

525 
WUUS52 KMFL 142148
SVRMIA
FLC051-142245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
545 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA
  

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 543 PM EDT...AN AREA OF LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE         
  LOCATED NORTH OF FELDA TO DEVILS GARDEN TO SOUTHWEST OF 
  CLEWISTON. THIS AREA OF STORMS IS SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS

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 2660 8154 2653 8143 2660 8107 2674 8118

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.