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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Miami, FL

November 16, 2002Collier County, Monroe County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 16, 2002, 4:16 PM EST for Collier County, Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 16, 2002, 4:16 PM EST (21:16 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 2002, 5:15 PM EST
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Collier County, FL, Monroe County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 16, 3:10 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 2002-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 471 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 2002-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
471 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
919 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KMFL 162116
SVRMIA
FLC021-087-162215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
416 PM EST SAT NOV 16 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
  MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 515 PM EST

* AT 413 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 2 MILES SOUTH OF EVERGLADES CITY TO 28 MILES WEST OF
  FLAMINGO..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORMS THROUGH 515 PM EST...
  EVERGLADES CITY AND CARNESTOWN
  OCHOPEE
  WILDERNESS WATERWAY NORTH
  MONROE STATION
  WILDERNESS WATERWAY SOUTH
  OASIS RANGER STATION

A TORNDAO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 9 PM EST.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM OF 
YOUR HOUSE OR BUSINESS IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

.END

SANTOS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 16, 11:28 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL62 min
Nov 16, 12:31 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL59 min
Nov 16, 12:50 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL70 min
Nov 16, 1:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier61 min
Nov 16, 1:54 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL96 min
Nov 16, 2:19 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach41 min
Nov 16, 2:49 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL86 min
Nov 16, 3:42 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL93 min
Nov 16, 4:24 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL36 min
Nov 16, 4:53 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLCollier, Hendry, Palm Beach37 min
Nov 16, 5:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade, Monroe56 min
Nov 16, 5:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade69 min
Nov 16, 6:00 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr

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.