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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Miami, FL

April 10, 2007Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2007, 5:26 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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
Apr 10, 2007, 5:26 PM EDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2007, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
34 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), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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, 9.4 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 2007-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 881 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 2007-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
881 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
783 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KMFL 102128
SVRMFL
FLC099-102200-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0013.070410T2126Z-070410T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
526 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 522 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR VILLAGE OF GOLF...OR ABOUT NEAR BOYNTON BEACH...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  GREENACRES CITY
  VILLAGE OF GOLF
  OCEAN RIDGE

MANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED 
FROM THE AREAS BETWEEN HIGHWAY 441 AND INTERSTATE 95 ACROSS CENTRAL 
PALM BEACH COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE 
IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

DANGEROUS DAMAGING WINDS OVER 70 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM

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 2663 8022 2641 8022 2640 8007 2662 8005

$$

STRASSBERG
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMFL 102201
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
601 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2007

FLC099-102211-
/O.EXP.KMFL.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070410T2200Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
601 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY
EXPIRED AT 600 PM EDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM HAS 
MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND WEAKENED. THUS THE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE REGION AND MAY PRODUCE 
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL. HEAVY 
RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY.

LAT...LON 2663 8022 2641 8022 2640 8007 2662 8005

$$

STRASSBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades28 min
Apr 10, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach34 min
Apr 10, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach36 min
Apr 10, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach35 min
Apr 10, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL55 min
Apr 10, 5:08 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach30 min
Apr 10, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 min
Apr 10, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 min
Apr 10, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL46 min
Apr 10, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL93 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.