Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2002, 3:51 PM EDT for Glades County, Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 54 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
- Aug 6, 2002, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2002, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2730 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
998 WUUS52 KMFL 061951 SVRMIA FLC043-051-062045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 351 PM EDT TUE AUG 6 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN GLADES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 351 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER MUSE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MUSE BY 400 PM EDT LA BELLE BY 410 PM EDT ORTONA BY 415 PM EDT KERI BY 440 PM EDT DEVILS GARDEN BY 445 PM EDT 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. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 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 2700 8144 2685 8156 2653 8144 2657 8106 .END LUSHINE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 24 min | |
| Aug 6, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 65 min | |
| Aug 6, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 66 min | |
| Aug 6, 6:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 66 min |
Nearby
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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.