Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2003, 3:21 AM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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
- Mar 17, 2003, 3:21 AM EST (08:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2003, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 919 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 973 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.4
- Supercell composite
- -3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
601 WUUS52 KMFL 170821 SVRMIA FLC011-086-170900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 321 AM EST MON MAR 17 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA * UNTIL 400 AM EST * AT 321 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS OVER OPA-LOCKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PRO PLAYER STADIUM BY 325 AM EST PEMBROKE PARK BY 330 AM EST DANIA BEACH BY 335 AM EST PORT EVERGLADES BY 345 AM EST WILTON MANORS BY 350 AM EST THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND TO NEAR 60 MPH AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 2586 8030 2582 8022 2609 7996 2616 8017 .END HANDEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 8:52 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 53 min | |
| Mar 16, 11:53 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Mar 17, 1:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier, Monroe | 52 min |
| Mar 17, 1:18 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 87 min | |
| Mar 17, 1:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Monroe | 66 min |
| Mar 17, 1:39 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Monroe | 66 min |
| Mar 17, 2:06 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 54 min | |
| Mar 17, 1:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 62 min |
| Mar 17, 2:08 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Mar 17, 2:17 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 88 min | |
| Mar 17, 2:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 53 min |
| Mar 17, 3:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 31 min |
| Mar 17, 3:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 46 min |
| Mar 17, 3:53 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 67 min | |
| Mar 17, 5:10 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 65 min | |
| Mar 17, 6:37 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 53 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.