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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Miami, FL

March 19, 2001Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2001, 1:26 PM EST for Broward County, 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
Mar 19, 2001, 1:26 PM EST (18:26 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2001, 2:30 PM EST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Broward County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 2001-03-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1036 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 2001-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1036 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
719 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

348 
WUUS52 KMFL 191826
SVRMIA
FLC011-099-191930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
126 PM EST MON MAR 19 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 PM EST

* AT 126 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF SOUTH BAY TO 24 MILES WEST OF PEMBROKE PINES..MOVING EAST AT 10
  MPH.


REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DIRECTLY AT 305 229 4522 TO REPORT
SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 2657 8065 2606 8082 2606 8038 2656 8021

.END

ESPOSITO

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 2:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach53 min
Mar 19, 3:39 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLBroward51 min
Mar 19, 4:26 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLBroward34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.