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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 35

February 27, 200715 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Feb 27, 2007, 12:26 PM EST for 15 counties in Florida. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 27, 2007, 12:26 PM EST (17:26 UTC)
Expired
Feb 27, 2007, 7:00 PM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt

Counties Brevard County, FL, Broward County, FL, DeSoto County, FL, Glades County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Hendry County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Indian River County, FL, Martin County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL, Polk County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
10%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
2%
Ten or more severe wind reports
30%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
20%
Ten or more severe hail reports
40%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
20%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
60%

Warnings issued inside it

1 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 1:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach32 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 10:58 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrevard, Broward, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands and 8 more92 min
Feb 27, 3:25 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrevard, Broward, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry and 9 more95 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.