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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Miami, FL

June 16, 2001Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2001, 12:47 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 43 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
Jun 16, 2001, 12:47 PM EDT (16:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2001, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 1:22 PM EDTHail 1Miami Lake, FLOne inch hail reported.

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

Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 216 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, Key West, FL at 12:00Z on 2001-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1900 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Key West, FL at 12:00Z on 2001-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
1900 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
830 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 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.

000 
WUUS52 KMFL 161648
SVRMIA
FLC011-025-161730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1247 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
  NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 130 PM EDT

* AT 1247 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND OVER COOPER 
  CITY...DRIFTING SOUTH AT 5 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 130 PM EDT...
  COOPER CITY AND DAVIE
  HOLLYWOOD
  SUNSHINE RANCHES AND PEMBROKE PINES
  HALLANDALE
  NORTH PERRY AIRPORT
  MIRAMAR

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 2611 8015 2613 8034 2577 8044 2573 8015

.END

SANTOS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLMiami-Dade50 min
Jun 16, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach47 min
Jun 16, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLMiami-Dade40 min
Jun 16, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier39 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.