Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this flash flood warning at Nov 20, 2005, 2:10 AM EST for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 80 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
- Nov 20, 2005, 2:10 AM EST (07:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 20, 2005, 3:30 AM EST
- In force
- 80 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), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:10 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 973 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KMFL 200714 FFWMFL FLC011-200830- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 210 AM EST SUN NOV 20 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEAST BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA * UNTIL 330 AM EST * AT 205 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLOODING WAS STILL AFFECTING THE STREETS...AND SOME HOMES IN THE CITIES OF DEERFIELD BEACH SOUTH TO OAKLAND PARK INCLUDING POMPANO BEACH DUE TO THE SHOWERS IN THE AREA. THE SHOWERS WILL SLOWLY DISSIPATE DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO OVER NORTHEAST BROWARD COUNTY...BUT COULD STILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE EXTENDED UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR NORTHEAST BROWARD COUNTY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. THE WATER MAY OBSCURE DEEP CANALS OR PONDS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO A SAFER LOCATION IMMEDIATELY. REPORT FLOODING 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 305.229.4523 TO REPORT FLOODING. LAT...LON 2617 8019 2616 8011 2630 8009 2631 8016 $$ BAXTER
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KMFL 200810 FFSMFL FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 305 AM EST SUN NOV 20 2005 FLC011-200830- BROWARD FL- 305 AM EST SUN NOV 20 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EST FOR NORTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY... AT 300 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE SEVERAL STREETS ARE STILL FLOODED ALONG WITH SOME HOMES IN THE CITIES OF DEERFIELD BEACH...OAKLAND PARK...AND POMPANO BEACH. ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE ALSO REDEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST BROWARD COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING...AND DOPPLER RADAR WAS ESTIMATING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF QUARTER TO AROUND ONE INCH FROM THESE SHOWERS. THEREFORE...WITH FLOODING STILL OCCURRING OVER THE AREA AND ADDITION RAINFALL DURING THE NEXT HOUR...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EST FOR NORTHEAST BROWARD COUNTY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY THE WATER MAY OBSCURE DEEP CANALS OR PONDS. REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI DIRECTLY AT 305.229.4522 TO REPORT FLOODING. LAT...LON 2617 8019 2616 8011 2630 8009 2631 8016 $$ BAXTER
000 WGUS72 KMFL 200836 FFSMFL FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 330 AM EST SUN NOV 20 2005 FLC011-200837- BROWARD FL- 330 AM EST SUN NOV 20 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEAST BROWARD COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 325 AM EST...FIRE RESCUE ALONG WITH THE BROWARD SHERIFFS OFFICE HAS SAID THAT THE FLOODING IN SOME OF THE HOMES IN THE NORTHEAST BROWARD COUNTY HAS RETREATED THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRED FOR NORTHEAST BROWARD COUNTY. A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE ALSO OCCURRING OVER NORTHEAST BROWARD COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT LESS THAN QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN OCCURRING WITH THESE SHOWERS. THE BROWARD SHERIFFS OFFICE HAS ALSO SAID THAT SOME OF THE STREETS IN THE CITIES OF DEERFIELD BEACH...OAKLAND PARK...AND POMPANO BEACH ARE STILL FLOODED. THEREFORE...MOTORIST STILL NEED TO USE CAUTION ON THE ROADWAY DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...AS THE WATER ON THE STREETS WILL BE SLOW TO DISSIPATE. LAT...LON 2617 8019 2616 8011 2630 8009 2631 8016 $$ BAXTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 12:10 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MFL | Broward | 2 hr |
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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.