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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Miami, FL

July 17, 2002Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2002, 4:19 PM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 2002, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2002, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Collier County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2002-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1115 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
1115 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1004 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 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.

961 
WUUS52 KMFL 172019
SVRMIA
FLC021-172115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
419 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 419 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER QUAIL
  CREEK ESTATES...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.

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.

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 IN MIAMI. OR YOU CAN
ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI DIRECTLY AT 305 229
4522 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 2616 8171 2632 8164 2637 8181 2619 8183

.END

GARCIA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 2:30 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL45 min
Jul 17, 3:47 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL43 min
Jul 17, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.