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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Miami, FL

May 3, 2007Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2007, 4:38 PM EDT for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 67 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, 2007, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2007, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hendry County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 184 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2007-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 179 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2007-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
179 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-171 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1524 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 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 032040
SVRMFL
FLC051-032145-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0021.070503T2038Z-070503T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
438 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE INDIAN RESERVATION  THIS STORM WAS NEARLY
  STATIONARY. ANOTHER DEVELOPING STORM WAS LOCATED ALONG STATE ROAD
  846 13 MILES SOUTH OF CLEWISTON AND DRIFTING SOUTHEAST. THIS STORM
  IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...

  RURAL EASTERN HENDRY COUNTY

  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE VERY STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH...HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF
OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES AND
AVOID WATER. MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE IF POSSIBLE. AVOID
USING THE TELEPHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG
UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

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 2674 8121 2627 8120 2627 8088 2672 8089

$$

GREGORIA
3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KMFL 032054
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
452 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2007

FLC051-032145-
/O.CON.KMFL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070503T2145Z/
HENDRY FL-
452 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN HENDRY COUNTY...

AT 448 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LIKELY PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS TO 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 
4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTURA AND WILL AFFECT MOTORISTS ALONG 
STATE ROAD 846. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

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

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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 2674 8121 2627 8120 2627 8088 2672 8089

$$

GREGORIA
000
WWUS52 KMFL 032123
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
518 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2007

FLC051-032145-
/O.CON.KMFL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070503T2145Z/
HENDRY FL-
518 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN HENDRY COUNTY...

AT 513 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORMS SOUTHEAST OF 
MONTURA HAVE WEAKENED...BUT STORMS WERE RAPIDLY STRENGTHENING AND 
BECOMING SEVERE FROM MONTURA NORTHWEST TOWARDS THE INTERSECTION OF 
STATE ROAD 833 AND STATE ROAD 80. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE 
WINDS TO 70 MPH. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING NORTH.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF
OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES AND
AVOID WATER. MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE IF POSSIBLE. AVOID
USING THE TELEPHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG
UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

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 2674 8121 2627 8120 2627 8088 2672 8089

$$

GREGORIA
000
WWUS52 KMFL 032143
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
542 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2007

FLC051-032152-
/O.EXP.KMFL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070503T2145Z/
HENDRY FL-
542 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HENDRY COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 545 PM EDT...

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

HOWEVER...STRONG STORMS CONTINUE TO EFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN HENDRY
COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE 
COUNTY AS NEEDED. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

LAT...LON 2674 8121 2627 8120 2627 8088 2672 8089

$$

GREGORIA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 8:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL54 min
May 3, 9:27 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL63 min
May 3, 9:54 AM EDTMarine Weather StatementMFL2 hr
May 3, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier45 min
May 3, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach57 min
May 3, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier59 min
May 3, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Collier46 min
May 3, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades22 min
May 3, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades62 min
May 3, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades14 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.