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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Miami, FL

September 14, 2001Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2001, 8:56 AM EDT for Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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
Sep 14, 2001, 8:56 AM EDT (12:56 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 2001, 9:30 AM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Broward County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 14, 4:45 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 2001-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2361 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 12:00Z on 2001-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 233 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
2361 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
687 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.0
Supercell composite
17.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

194 
WUUS52 KMFL 141258
SVRMIA
FLC011-099-141330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
856 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
  SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 930 AM EDT

* AT 856 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS OVER NORTH LAUDERDALE...   
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 930 AM EDT...
  COCONUT CREEK AND MARGATE 
  POMPANO BEACH AND LIGHTHOUSE POINT
  DEERFIELD BEACH AND BOCA WEST
  BOCA RATON AND DELRAY BEACH

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD POORLY DRAINED AREAS MAKING ROADWAYS
INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM CANALS AND PONDS. AVOID DRIVING IN WATERS
COVERING THE ROADWAYS.

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 2617 8034 2608 8017 2698 7951 2712 7977

.END

WARNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 7:10 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLHendry20 min
Sep 14, 8:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach53 min
Sep 14, 8:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLMiami-Dade47 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.