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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Miami, FL

April 9, 2006Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2006, 12:43 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 28 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2006, 12:43 PM EDT (16:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2006, 1:11 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:44 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 9, 12:44 PM EDTHAIL 0.25Boynton Beach, FL
Apr 9, 12:45 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 55Boynton Beach, FLSPOTTER ALSO REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 9, 11:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 2006-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1156 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 2006-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1156 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
999 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KMFL 091643
SVRMFL
FLC099-091745-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0013.060409T1643Z-060409T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1243 PM EDT SUN APR 9 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 145 PM EDT

* AT 1239 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BOYNTON
  BEACH...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  BOYNTON BEACH BY 1245 PM EDT.
  OCEAN RIDGE BY 1250 PM EDT.


LAT...LON 2658 8016 2647 8018 2647 8007 2658 8006

$$

KOB
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KMFL 091704
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
103 PM EDT SUN APR 9 2006

FLC099-091745-
/O.CON.KMFL.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060409T1745Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
103 PM EDT SUN APR 9 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY...

AT 1259 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MANALPAN...OR ABOUT NEAR BOYNTON BEACH...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.

.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2658 8016 2647 8018 2647 8007 2658 8006

$$

KOB
000
WWUS52 KMFL 091711
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
110 PM EDT SUN APR 9 2006

FLC099-091720-
/O.CAN.KMFL.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060409T1745Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
110 PM EDT SUN APR 9 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL PALM
BEACH COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED
THE WARNING HAS MOVED OFFSHORE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS 
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND WILL BE MOVING EAST AT 10 
MPH. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY ALSO BECOME SEVERE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2658 8016 2647 8018 2647 8007 2658 8006

$$

KOB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 1:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 min
Apr 9, 1:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach64 min
Apr 9, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL59 min
Apr 9, 2:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Apr 9, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL59 min
Apr 9, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach31 min
Apr 9, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 min
Apr 9, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Apr 9, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach64 min
Apr 9, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward22 min
Apr 9, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.