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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Miami, FL

July 23, 2001Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2001, 1:44 PM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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
Jul 23, 2001, 1:44 PM EDT (17:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2001, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Collier County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2001-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2135 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2001-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -71 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2135 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 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 231745
SVRMIA

FLC021-231815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
144 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT

* AT 144 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF       
  MARCO ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE 
LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL 
THE STORM PASSES.

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 2583 8185 2572 8170 2614 8130 2628 8150

.END

WARNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 9:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier60 min
Jul 23, 10:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach39 min
Jul 23, 10:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier45 min
Jul 23, 11:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier53 min
Jul 23, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach38 min
Jul 23, 3:02 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLBroward28 min
Jul 23, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade47 min
Jul 23, 3:13 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach62 min
Jul 23, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach65 min
Jul 23, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLMiami-Dade57 min
Jul 23, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach65 min
Jul 23, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.