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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Miami, FL

October 10, 2003Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 10, 2003, 3:56 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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
Oct 10, 2003, 3:56 PM EDT (19:56 UTC)
Expired
Oct 10, 2003, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
34 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), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 13 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 2003-10-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1193 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 2003-10-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
1193 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 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.

000 
WUUS52 KMFL 101956
SVRMIA
FLC011-086-102030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
356 PM EDT FRI OCT 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
  NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 356 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS OVER MIAMI LAKES...MOVING
  NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
  MIAMI LAKES AND CAROL CITY AND SAINT THOMAS UNIVERSITY AND
  OPA-LOCKA
  NORTH PERRY AIRPORT
  MIRAMAR
  PEMBROKE PINES

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION...MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 2584 8040 2587 8020 2608 8022 2604 8045

$$

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.