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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Miami, FL

May 3, 2005Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2005, 3:46 PM EDT for Miami-Dade 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: May 3, 2005, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2005, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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.

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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 43 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1614 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 855 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KMFL 031947
SVRMFL
FLC086-032045-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0019.050503T1946Z-050503T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
346 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY 
  IN SOUTH FLORIDA

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 341 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  WEST OF REDLAND...OR 10 MILES WEST OF HOMESTEAD...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 10 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  REDLAND
  FLORIDA CITY
  HOMESTEAD
  PRINCETON

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM IN
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOUSE OR BUSINESS IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

LAT...LON 2557 8067 2551 8070 2530 8035 2551 8024

$$
HANDEL

1 follow-up statement

000
WWUS52 KMFL 032002
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
400 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2005

FLC086-032045-
/O.CON.KMFL.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-050503T2045Z/
MIAMI-DADE FL-
400 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...

AT 355 PM EDT...OBSERVERS REPORTED PENNY SIZED HAIL AT HOMESTEAD 
GENERAL AIRPORT. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE 
HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR REDLAND...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
HOMESTEAD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FLORIDA
CITY...HOMESTEAD PARK...BLACK PT...PRINCETON AND NARANJA.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM IN
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOUSE OR BUSINESS IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

LAT...LON 2557 8067 2551 8070 2527 8038 2551 8024

$$
HANDEL

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 May 3, 2:50 PM EDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 2:50 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
250 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2005

.DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NOW AFFECTING PARTS OF THE
MIAMI AREA...REFER TO LATEST WARNINGS/STMTS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
THIS VERY ACTIVE WEATHER. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT
PARTS OF SOUTH FL OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BEFORE DIMINISHING IN
BOTH COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

BOTH GFS/ETA SHOW FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLOWLY PROGRESSING NORTH
TONIGHT-TOMORROW...REACHING INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA TOMORROW. WILL
KEEP CHANCE POPS OVERNIGHT INTO THE MORNING HOURS DO TO ISENTROPIC
LIFT WHICH MAY KEEP SOME ACTIVITY ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...AND
MAINTAIN LIKELY POPS NORTHERN AREAS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND CHANCE
POPS FURTHER SOUTH. BEST CONVERGENCE TOMORROW AFTERNOON LOOKS TO
BE ACROSS PALM BEACH COUNTY.

GFS/ETA SHOW LOW PRESSURE FORMING ALONG THE FRONT JUST EAST OF THE
FL COAST WED NIGHT INTO THU...THEN TRACKING AWAY FROM THE AREA
FRIDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH
FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. WILL MAINTAIN CHANCE POPS THROUGH
THURSDAY...THEN GO WITH DRY WEATHER FRI-SUN.

&&

.MARINE...WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN UNDER 15 KNOTS THROUGH THE
PERIOD. GULF STREAM SEAS MAY BUILD TO 6 FT OVER THE WEEKEND...AS
THE FLOW TURNS NORTHERLY.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WEST PALM BEACH  71  83  71  85 /  50  70  40  50
FORT LAUDERDALE  73  84  72  84 /  50  50  40  40
MIAMI            73  85  72  86 /  50  50  40  40
NAPLES           69  82  70  83 /  50  50  30  40

&&

.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
AM...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&

DFG

Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...AMENDED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2005

FLZ063-066>075-032200-
BROWARD METROPOLITAN-DADE METROPOLITAN-EASTERN COLLIER-GLADES-HENDRY-
MAINLAND MONROE-PALM BEACH EASTERN-PALM BEACH WESTERN-
WESTERN BROWARD-WESTERN COLLIER-WESTERN DADE-
200 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

...MODERATE RISK OF LIGHTNING OVER SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY...
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST METRO AREAS...

A WEAK COLD FRONT OVER SOUTH FLORIDA WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH
TONIGHT AND WITH SUFFICIENT HEATING, WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SOME OF THE
STORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST METRO AREAS WILL BE STRONG WITH GUSTY
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH, LARGE HAIL, AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 3, 2:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
224 PM EDT TUE MAY 03 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0200 PM     HAIL             JUPITER                 26.93N 80.10W
05/03/2005  0.50 INCH        PALM BEACH         FL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PALM BEACH SHERIFF DEPT. RELAYED A REPORT FROM THE PUBLIC
            OF MARBLE TO PENNY SIZED HAIL IN THE 200 BLOCK OF
            RIVERSIDE DRIVE IN JUPITER.

0210 PM     HAIL             MIRAMAR                 25.98N 80.35W
05/03/2005  0.25 INCH        BROWARD            FL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED NICKLE SIZED HAIL ON THE FLORIDA
            TURNPIKE BETWEEN 41ST STREET AND INTERSTATE 75

&&

EBAUGH

Local storm report, May 3, 2:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
224 PM EDT TUE MAY 03 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0200 PM     HAIL             JUPITER                 26.93N 80.10W
05/03/2005  0.50 INCH        PALM BEACH         FL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PALM BEACH SHERIFF DEPT. RELAYED A REPORT FROM THE PUBLIC
            OF MARBLE TO PENNY SIZED HAIL IN THE 200 BLOCK OF
            RIVERSIDE DRIVE IN JUPITER.

0210 PM     HAIL             MIRAMAR                 25.98N 80.35W
05/03/2005  0.50 INCH        BROWARD            FL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED NICKLE SIZED HAIL ON THE FLORIDA
            TURNPIKE BETWEEN 41ST STREET AND INTERSTATE 75

&&

EBAUGH

Local storm report, May 3, 2:59 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
259 PM EDT TUE MAY 03 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0248 PM     HIGH SUST WINDS  HIALEAH                 25.86N 80.29W
05/03/2005  35 MPH           MIAMI-DADE         FL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MULTIPLE TRAFFIC LIGHTS DOWN

0251 PM     HAIL             MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIR 25.80N 80.29W
05/03/2005  0.25 INCH        MIAMI-DADE         FL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL ON DOLPHIN EXPRESSWAY
            836 NEAR THE MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

&&

DM

Local storm report, May 3, 3:15 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
315 PM EDT TUE MAY 03 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0255 PM     HAIL             MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIR 25.80N 80.29W
05/03/2005  0.25 INCH        MIAMI-DADE         FL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE AT DOLPHIN
            EXPRESSWAY 836 NEAR THE MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

0305 PM     HAIL             SWEETWATER              25.76N 80.37W
05/03/2005  0.25 INCH        MIAMI-DADE         FL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED PEA-SIZED HAIL NEAR SW 14TH ST
            AND 12TH AVE IN THE WESTCHESTER AREA.

0305 PM     HAIL             SWEETWATER              25.76N 80.37W
05/03/2005  0.25 INCH        MIAMI-DADE         FL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED PEA-SIZED HAIL NEAR SW 24TH ST
            AND 12TH AVENUE IN THE WESTCHESTER AREA.

&&

DM

Local storm report, May 3, 3:23 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
323 PM EDT TUE MAY 03 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0305 PM     HAIL             SOUTH MIAMI             25.71N 80.30W
05/03/2005  0.25 INCH        MIAMI-DADE         FL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MIAMI-DADE POLICE OFFICER REPORTED PEA-SIZE HAIL NEAR
            104TH ST. AND HAMMOCKS BLVD IN THE KENDALL AREA.

&&

DM

Local storm report, May 3, 3:31 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
331 PM EDT TUE MAY 03 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0310 PM     HAIL             SOUTH MIAMI             25.71N 80.30W
05/03/2005  0.25 INCH        MIAMI-DADE         FL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NWS FORECASTER REPORTED SMALL BRANCHES DOWN AND PEA-SIZE
            HAIL ABOUT 2 MILES NW OF KENDALL-TAMIAMI AIRPORT.

&&

DM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 8:38 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		52 min
May 3, 9:41 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		49 min
May 3, 12:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward, Palm Beach	44 min
May 3, 12:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Broward, Palm Beach	72 days
May 3, 1:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward	42 min
May 3, 1:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Palm Beach	27 min
May 3, 2:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		56 min
May 3, 2:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade	31 min
May 3, 2:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Miami-Dade	55 min
May 3, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		85 min
May 3, 4:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Miami-Dade	130 days
May 3, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Glades	46 min
May 3, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Miami-Dade	15 min
May 3, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward	66 min
May 3, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Collier, Hendry	52 min
May 3, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Hendry	64 min
May 3, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward	53 min
May 3, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		56 min
May 3, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		57 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.