Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2004, 5:58 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 47 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
- Jun 2, 2004, 5:58 PM EDT (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2004, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 1598 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 771 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
051 WUUS52 KMFL 022158 SVRMIA FLC099-022245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 556 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. * UNTIL 645 PM EDT * AT 556 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELLE GLADE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * THE STORM WILL AFFECT... BELLE GLADE BY 555 PM EDT. SOUTH BAY BY 610 PM EDT. OKEELANTA BY 620 PM EDT. HOLEY LAND WILDLIFE AREA BY 640 PM EDT. A REPORT WAS RECEIVED OF A RED LIGHT TORN OFF AT AN INTERSECTION ALONG HIGHWAY 880 LOCATED 3 TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELLE GLADE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DAMAGING HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. 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 2660 8050 2674 8061 2659 8088 2637 8075 $$ GR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 29 min |
| Jun 2, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 30 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.