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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2006, 3:13 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 62 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 28, 2006, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2006, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 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), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 514 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1205 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KMFL 281914 SVRMFL FLC099-282015- /O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0047.060528T1913Z-060528T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 313 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. * UNTIL 415 PM EDT * AT 311 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 LION COUNTRY SAFARI...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH. * THE STORM WILL AFFECT... LION COUNTRY SAFARI BY 340 PM EDT. WELLINGTON BY 400 PM EDT. 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 305.229.4528 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 2682 8028 2683 8050 2652 8058 2650 8021 $$ BAXTER
2 follow-up statements
502 WWUS52 KMFL 281950 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 347 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006 FLC099-282015- /O.CON.KMFL.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-060528T2015Z/ PALM BEACH FL- 347 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY... AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF WELLINGTON TO 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF LION COUNTRY SAFARI MOVING SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED BY THESE SEVERE STORMS ARE US 441 AND US 98 IN CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI DIRECTLY AT 305.229.4522 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 2682 8028 2683 8050 2652 8058 2650 8021 $$ BAXTER
854 WWUS52 KMFL 282012 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 409 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006 FLC099-282019- /O.EXP.KMFL.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-060528T2015Z/ PALM BEACH FL- 409 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY. THERE IS ALSO A URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THIS SAME AREA UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS 2 TO 4 INCHES THAT OCCURRED FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 2682 8028 2683 8050 2652 8058 2650 8021 $$ BAXTER
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 28, 2:33 PM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 2:33 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 233 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006 .DISCUSSION...WEAK FRONT EXTENDS FROM LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC THROUGH NORTH FLORIDA...WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO. THIS IS BRINGING NORTH FLOW DOWN THE PENINSULA...RESULTING IN ADIABATIC DRYING AND WARMING OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. MEANWHILE...WEAK EAST COAST SEA BREEZE IS PUSHING INTO INTERIOR AREAS...FACING LIGHT OPPOSING FLOW FROM THE NORTH IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THE FEW EARLY AFTERNOON SHOWERS ARE THUS BEING HELD TO THE EAST COAST METROPOLITAN AREAS. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO FLARE ON AND OFF THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING THEN TAPER OFF. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE NEAR CLIMO NORMS. FORECAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WILL DEPEND ON THE MOVEMENT OF THE BOUNDARY THROUGH CENTRAL FLORIDA AND INTO SOUTH FLORIDA. PRECIPTABLE WATER VALUES WILL REMAIN AROUND AN INCH AND A HALF...SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. FACTORING IN MESOSCALE INFLUENCES...CHANCE POPS LOOK GOOD FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS FAVORING EAST COAST AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN REACH LOWER TO MID 90S OVER INTERIOR AREAS EACH DAY...WITH UPPER 80S NEAR ALONG COASTAL COMMUNITIES. LOOKING AHEAD...THE FRONT/TROUGH WILL GRADUALLY WASH OUT...WITH RIDGING BUILDING OVER SOUTH FLORIDA BY THE END OF THE WEEK. GFS SHOWS NEAR CLIMO WARM TEMPS WITH CHANCE POPS. NO CHANGE TO FORECAST. && .MARINE...LIGHT WINDS TO PERSIST DUE TO WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN. NO HIGHLIGHTS. && .FIRE WEATHER...RED FLAG CONDITIONS BEING MET OVER INTERIOR AREAS DUE TO DRY NORTH WINDS AND HIGH TEMPS. GRADIENT FLOW WILL BE MORE EASTERLY TOMORROW...BRINGING ENOUGH MOISTURE TO KEEP RHS FROM DIPPING BELOW CRITERIA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 73 89 74 86 / 15 35 15 30 FORT LAUDERDALE 74 88 75 86 / 15 40 25 30 MIAMI 75 90 75 88 / 5 45 25 30 NAPLES 75 88 72 89 / 10 15 15 20 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...RED FLAG WARNING FOR HENDRY AND EASTERN COLLIER TIL 6 PM. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && 99
Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 9:47 AM EDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 947 AM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006 FLZ063-066>075-291000- GLADES-HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN-PALM BEACH EASTERN- WESTERN COLLIER-EASTERN COLLIER-WESTERN BROWARD- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-WESTERN DADE-DADE METROPOLITAN- MAINLAND MONROE- 947 AM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006 ...A FEW STRONG STORMS INTERIOR AND EAST COAST AREAS TODAY... ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS INTERIOR AND EAST COAST AREAS TODAY... ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WEST COAST AREAS TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING, EXCEPT ISOLATED ALONG THE WEST COAST AREAS. SOME OF THE STORMS OVER THE INTERIOR AND EAST COAST AREAS COULD BE STRONG PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES, SMALL HAIL, GUSTY WINDS TO 40 TO 50 MPH, AND HEAVY RAINFALL. HAIL: THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS INTERIOR AND EAST COAST AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE TODAY ALLOWING FOR THE STORMS TO TAP INTO THE DRIER AIR ALOFT. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL TO DEVELOP IN THE STORMS, AND SOME LARGER HAIL IN THE STRONGEST STORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. FLOODING: THE STEERING FLOW WILL BE LIGHT TODAY ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA ALLOWING FOR THE STORMS TO MOVE SLOWLY. THIS WILL LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADWAYS AND POORLY DRAINED LOCATIONS IN THE HEAVIEST STORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE INTERIOR AND EAST COAST AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.MIAMIWEATHER.INFO. BAXTER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 28, 2:57 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 257 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006 FLZ067-068-282000- PALM BEACH EASTERN-PALM BEACH WESTERN- 257 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006 ...STRONG LINE OF STORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY... AT 254 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WELLINGTON TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF CANAL POINT...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 4 PM EDT ARE WELLINGTON...HIGHWAY US 90...AND LION COUNTRY SAFARI. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. THESE STORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THESE STORMS PASSED BY. RESIDENTS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS IF THESE STORMS BECOME ANY STRONGER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. BAXTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 59 min | |
| May 28, 1:59 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | 4 hr | |
| May 28, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 61 min |
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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.