Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2004, 4:14 PM EDT for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 46 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 9, 2004, 4:14 PM EDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2004, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hendry County, FL
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1734 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 801 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
528 WUUS52 KMFL 092014 SVRMIA FLC051-092100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 413 PM EDT WED JUN 9 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. * UNTIL 500 PM EDT * AT 413 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL OVER CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTY... MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * THE STORM WILL AFFECT... RURAL CENTRAL HENDRY. 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. LAT...LON 2657 8111 2661 8130 2642 8123 2644 8107 $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 9, 1:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 1:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
SOUTH FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 140 PM EDT WED JUN 9 2004 .DISCUSSION...SULTRY CONDITIONS WITH A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON...AND NIGHTS EAST COAST...WILL BE THE RULE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE WEAK TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE AREA IS INCREASING THE MOISTURE LOCALLY. DEWPOINTS ARE CURRENTLY NOW RUNNING IN THE MID 70S...AND PRECIPITABLE WATER IS RISING. 12Z MIAMI SOUNDING PWAT WAS 1.88 INCHES...AND GPS MET DATA NOW SHOWING THE MIAMI PWAT IS NOW 2 INCHES. GFS FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW THAT THE PWAT WILL REMAIN ABOVE 2 NOW THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN ONLY SLIGHT DRYING FRI-SAT...AND BACK UP AGAIN SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK - TO AGAIN OVER 2. SO MOISTURE WILL BE DEEP. PREVAILING LOW-MID LEVEL FLOW SHIFTS TO SOUTHERLY THURSDAY...THEN WSW FRIDAY AND BEYOND...IN RESPONSE TO MEAN RIDGING SHIFTING SOUTHEASTWARD. WITH NO CAP OR LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE TO INHIBIT CONVECTION...SEA BREEZES EACH DAY WILL ACT TO INITIATE TSTORMS. LOOKS LIKE THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS ARE IN LINE TO SEE SOME DRENCHING THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. MEX POPS DO NOT SEEM JUSTIFIED GIVEN DEEP MOISTURE AND EXPECTED WIND FIELD SET UP FOR THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS MEX GUIDANCE IS DEPICTING GENERALLY LESS THAN CLIMO POPS THIS PERIOD. THIS DOES NOT SEEM REASONABLE...SO I INCREASED POPS INTO LIKELY CATEGORY EAST COASTS FOR SAT AND SUN AFTERNOONS. LEFT POPS UNCHANGED FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS THIS IS FAR OUT IN TIME. IN THE SHORT TERM...POPS LOOK GOOD. LIKE THE INHERITED CHANCE POPS FOR THE EAST COAST TONIGHT...AS SHORT WAVE ENERGY NOW ACROSS GEORGIA RIDES TOWARDS THE AREA. THIS WILL KEEP THE RISK OF TSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN AREAS OVERNIGHT. && .MARINE...SURFACE WINDS INTO THIS WEEKEND WILL PREVAIL OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST AT 10-15 KNOTS...WITH SEAS MOSTLY 2-3 FT. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 74 86 75 87 / 40 60 30 60 FORT LAUDERDALE 76 85 76 86 / 40 60 30 50 MIAMI 76 87 76 87 / 40 60 30 50 NAPLES 73 87 75 91 / 20 60 00 30 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && 57
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 4:00 AM EDT, 12 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 400 AM EDT WED JUN 9 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA FLZ063-066>075-092200- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-DADE METROPOLITAN-EASTERN COLLIER-GLADES-HENDRY- MAINLAND MONROE-PALM BEACH EASTERN-PALM BEACH WESTERN- WESTERN BROWARD-WESTERN COLLIER-WESTERN DADE- 500 AM EDT WED JUN 9 2004 .DAY ONE...TODAY ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON AS THE NORTHERN FRINGE OF A TROPICAL WAVE CROSSES THE AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD NOT LINGER OVER ANY ONE AREA AS THE STEERING WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST ARE STRONGER. LIGHTNING IS AGAIN EXPECTED TO BE THE MAIN HAZARD WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THOSE SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND SEEK SHELTER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND DETAILED GRAPHICS CAN BE FOUND ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT MIAMIWEATHER.INFO. FOR INFORMATION IN SPANISH, VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT ELTIEMPOENMIAMI.INFO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH THE ADVENT OF THE CONVECTIVE SEASON...A DAILY DOSE OF THUNDER -STORM ACTIVITY CAN BE EXPECTED. AT THIS TIME...LIGHTNING APPEARS TO BE THE MAIN HAZARD. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 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.