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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Miami, FL

March 29, 2001Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 2001, 8:44 PM EST for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 2001, 8:44 PM EST (01:44 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2001, 9:30 PM EST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Miami-Dade County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 29, 9:05 PM ESTHail 1.75Kendall, FLHail the size of nickels, quarters and golf balls were reported in several locations.

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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 31 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 00:00Z on 2001-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2239 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, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2001-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2239 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
683 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.7
Supercell composite
16.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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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.