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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Miami, FL

May 29, 2005Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2005, 4:36 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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 29, 2005, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2005, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 20 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 645 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
645 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1026 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KMFL 292037
SVRMFL
FLC011-086-292115-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0039.050529T2036Z-050529T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
436 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY 
  NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY 
  IN SOUTH FLORIDA

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 421 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MIAMI LAKES...OR NEAR HIALEAH...AND 
  MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THE PUBLIC IN CAROL CITY REPORTED QUARTER
  SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  CAROL CITY
  DOLPHINS STADIUM
  NORTH PERRY AIRPORT
  SOUTHWEST RANCHES
  COOPER CITY
  DAVIE


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 2590 8043 2584 8024 2613 8009 2621 8034

$$
1 follow-up statement
934 
WWUS52 KMFL 292057
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
457 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2005

FLC086-292107-
/O.CAN.KMFL.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050529T2115Z/
MIAMI-DADE FL-
457 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 2600 8039 2597 8014 2613 8009 2621 8034

$$

FLC011-292115-
/O.CON.KMFL.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050529T2115Z/
BROWARD FL-
457 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY...

AT 449 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COOPER
CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DAVIE AND DAVIE DOWNTOWN BY 505 PM EDT
  PLANTATION AND 7 MILES WEST OF INTERSECTION I-595 AND I-95 BY 510
  PM EDT
  SAWGRASS MILLS MALL...SUNRISE...LAUDERHILL AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  LAUDERDALE LAKES BY 515 PM EDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

LAT...LON 2600 8039 2597 8014 2613 8009 2621 8034

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 11:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL62 min
May 29, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade20 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.