Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2008, 1:31 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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
- Jul 24, 2008, 1:31 PM EDT (17:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2008, 1:57 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Miami-Dade County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 268 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1206 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 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 241731 SVRMFL FLC086-241815- /O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0113.080724T1731Z-080724T1815Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 131 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEAST MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. * UNTIL 215 PM EDT * AT 129 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FLORIDA CITY...AND MOVING SOUTH VERY SLOWLY. * THE STORM WILL AFFECT... FLORIDA CITY... AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS 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. LAT...LON 2537 8041 2540 8056 2553 8050 2551 8036 TIME...MOT...LOC 1730Z 019DEG 2KT 2544 8046 $$ BAXTER
3 follow-up statements
000 WUUS52 KMFL 241733 CCA SVRMFL FLC086-241815- /O.COR.KMFL.SV.W.0113.080724T1731Z-080724T1815Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 131 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEAST MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. * UNTIL 215 PM EDT * AT 129 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FLORIDA CITY...AND MOVING SOUTH VERY SLOWLY. * THE STORM WILL AFFECT... FLORIDA CITY... AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. LAT...LON 2537 8041 2540 8056 2553 8050 2551 8036 TIME...MOT...LOC 1730Z 019DEG 2KT 2544 8046 $$ BAXTER
000 WWUS52 KMFL 241748 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 148 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 FLC086-241815- /O.CON.KMFL.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-080724T1815Z/ MIAMI-DADE FL- 148 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEAST MIAMI-DADE COUNTY... AT 146 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FLORIDA CITY THIS STORM WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FLORIDA CITY... AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. 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. LAT...LON 2537 8041 2540 8056 2553 8050 2551 8036 TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 025DEG 2KT 2542 8048 $$ BAXTER
000 WWUS52 KMFL 241757 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 157 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 FLC086-241806- /O.CAN.KMFL.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-080724T1815Z/ MIAMI-DADE FL- 156 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. LAT...LON 2537 8041 2540 8056 2553 8050 2551 8036 TIME...MOT...LOC 1756Z 180DEG 0KT 2542 8048 $$ BAXTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 56 min | |
| Jul 23, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 14 min | |
| Jul 23, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 64 min | |
| Jul 24, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 1:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 48 min |
| Jul 24, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 46 min |
| Jul 24, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 26 min |
| Jul 24, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 26 min |
| Jul 24, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 37 min |
| Jul 24, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 36 min | |
| Jul 24, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 34 min |
| Jul 24, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 26 min |
| Jul 24, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 37 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.