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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2004, 2:16 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 59 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 22, 2004, 2:16 PM EDT (18:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2004, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 1840 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 946 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
162 WUUS52 KMFL 221816 SVRMIA FLC011-221915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 214 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. * UNTIL 315 PM EDT * AT 214 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER COOPER CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * THE STORM WILL AFFECT... PLANTATION NORTH LAUDERDALE. SPOTTERS HAD REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM...BUT HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS LIKELY NOW WITH THIS STORM. 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. LAT...LON 2608 8037 2597 8021 2612 8005 2630 8026 $$ 57
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 22, 2:00 PM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 2:00 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
SOUTH FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004 .DISCUSSION...THE FRONTAL TROUGH TO OUR NORTH HAS DEFINITELY WEAKENED AND THE SURFACE RIDGE THAT HAS BEEN TO OUR SOUTH HAS MOVED NORTH. THIS NORTHWARD MOVEMENT SHOULD CONTINUE WITH THE RIDGELINE BEING NORTH OF US BY THURSDAY AND REMAINING THERE THROUGH THE REST OF THE FORECAST SINCE THERE IS NOTHING TO MOVE IT BACK SOUTH. SATELLITE SHOWS DRIER AIR ON EITHER SIDE OF US AND TO THE SOUTH. THIS SHOULD MOVE OVER ON WEDNESDAY THUS LOWERING THE CHANCE OF RAIN. THE TROPICAL WAVE STILL SHOULD BE HERE THURSDAY ALTHOUGH MIGHT NOT BE AS STRONG AS EARLIER EXPECTED SO WILL EASE OFF THE PROBABILITIES A LITTLE. BEYOND THAT NOTHING TO REALLY CHANGE THE EASTERLY FLOW RAIN PATTERN EXCEPT IF WE DO HAVE ANOTHER WAVE IN THE NEXT TUESDAY TIMEFRAME. HOWEVER THIS WAVE IS VERY FAR OUT IN THE ATLANTIC AND VERY WEAK TODAY SO WILL KEEP A STEADY STATE FORECAST IN PLACE IN THE EXTENDED. && .MARINE...BOATING SHOULD FINALLY HAVE A RELATIVELY STEADY EASTERLY DIRRECTION IN THE ATLANTIC THROUGH THE PERIOD. MAYBE SOME HIGHER WINDSPEEDS WITH THE WAVE/S. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS AS HUMIDITIES REMAIN HIGH AND WINDS RELATIVELY LOW. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 77 93 79 91 / 10 10 10 30 FORT LAUDERDALE 79 92 80 90 / 00 10 10 30 MIAMI 79 91 80 91 / 00 10 10 30 NAPLES 77 92 76 93 / 00 20 10 40 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 10:53 AM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1053 AM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA FLZ063-066>075-222200- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-DADE METROPOLITAN-EASTERN COLLIER-GLADES-HENDRY- MAINLAND MONROE-PALM BEACH EASTERN-PALM BEACH WESTERN- WESTERN BROWARD-WESTERN COLLIER-WESTERN DADE- 1053 AM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004 .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST CONCENTRATED ACROSS INTERIOR AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA...AFFECTING THE PALM BEACH...FORT LAUDERDALE...AND MIAMI METRO AREAS. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S...COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 70S...WILL RESULT IN MAXIMUM HEAT INDICES OF UP TO 108 DEGREES ACROSS INLAND PORTIONS OF PALM BEACH...BROWARD...AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES. LOCATIONS IMMEDIATELY ALONG THE GULF AND ATLANTIC COASTS WILL BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER. 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON TO SOLICIT RAINFALL AND WIND OBSERVATIONS...MOST LIKELY OVER PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COUNTIES. 57
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:08 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 208 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004 FLZ072-221835- BROWARD METROPOLITAN- 208 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IMPACTING THE FORT LAUDERDALE METRO... AT 205 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING PARTS OF THE FORT LAUDERDALE METRO AREA. THE STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM COOPER CITY TO SUNRISE...WHILE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 5 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. 57
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades | 62 min |
| Jun 22, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 36 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.