Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Miami, FL
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 1:22 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Miami Lake, FL | One 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 39 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.