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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Miami, FL

August 10, 2001Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2001, 5:32 PM EDT for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 28 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
Aug 10, 2001, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2001, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Hendry County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 10, 5:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EClewiston, FLThe Sheriff's Office reported several power lines blown down.

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 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2001-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1689 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 2001-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
1689 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 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.

405 
WUUS52 KMFL 102133
SVRMIA
FLC051-102200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
532 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 532 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER        
  CLEWISTON. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT  
  OFFICIALS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS IN THE AREA AS WELL.

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 2675 8103 2665 8095 2671 8089 2676 8092

.END

WARNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier, Monroe46 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.