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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Miami, FL

March 14, 2003Glades County, Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2003, 8:26 PM EST for Glades County, Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 64 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 14, 2003, 8:26 PM EST (01:26 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2003, 9:30 PM EST
In force
64 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 Miami radar (KAMX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 00:00Z on 2003-03-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 727 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 00:00Z on 2003-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
727 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1348 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

869 
WUUS52 KMFL 150126
SVRMIA
FLC043-051-150230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
825 PM EST FRI MAR 14 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM EST

* AT 825 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS JUST      
  SOUTHEAST OF ORTONA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

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 2692 8123 2678 8137 2660 8112 2674 8093

.END

RADER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 12:11 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL64 min
Mar 15, 2:27 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL63 min
Mar 15, 5:04 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL56 min
Mar 15, 6:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLMiami-Dade64 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.