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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Miami, FL

July 19, 2002Glades County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2002, 5:47 PM EDT for Glades County, Florida. It was in force for 58 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 19, 2002, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2002, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Glades County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2678 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
2678 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
1 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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.

119 
WUUS52 KMFL 192147
SVRMIA
FLC043-192245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
546 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL GLADES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS JUST        
  SOUTHWEST OF PALMDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 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 2693 8148 2683 8131 2703 8121 2703 8137

.END

GARCIA

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.