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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Key West, FL

October 8, 2011Monroe County, Florida

NWS Key West, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 8, 2011, 4:07 AM EDT for Monroe 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
Oct 8, 2011, 4:07 AM EDT (08:07 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2011, 4:33 AM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Key West, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Monroe County, FL

The radar

The Key West radar (KBYX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:11 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 75 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, Key West, FL at 00:00Z on 2011-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1573 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, Key West, FL at 00:00Z on 2011-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1573 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
959 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-17 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.

854 
WUUS52 KKEY 080807
SVRKEY
FLC087-080845-
/O.NEW.KKEY.SV.W.0002.111008T0807Z-111008T0845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
407 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MIDDLE KEYS IN MONROE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITY OF MARATHON...

* UNTIL 445 AM EDT

* AT 402 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF DUCK KEY...OR
  13 MILES EAST OF MARATHON...AND MOVING WEST AT 35 MPH.

* COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDE GRASSY KEY...
  BOOT KEY...KNIGHT KEY AND PIDGEON KEY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM
PASSES.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY OR THE U.S. COAST GUARD...AND ASK THAT THEY RELAY THE REPORT
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST. YOU MAY ALSO CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DIRECTLY AT 3 0 5...2 9 5...1 3 1 6...
EXTENSION 3.

&&

LAT...LON 2480 8088 2476 8091 2476 8094 2471 8102
      2472 8105 2471 8106 2468 8107 2468 8111
      2471 8115 2472 8110 2475 8104 2474 8102
      2478 8093 2480 8092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0807Z 103DEG 31KT 2467 8094

$$

MSB
1 follow-up statement
746 
WWUS52 KKEY 080833
SVSKEY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
433 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2011

FLC087-080840-
/O.CAN.KKEY.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-111008T0845Z/
MIDDLE KEYS IN MONROE FL-
433 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MIDDLE KEYS IN MONROE COUNTY
IS CANCELED...


LAT...LON 2480 8088 2476 8091 2476 8094 2471 8102
      2472 8105 2471 8106 2468 8107 2468 8111
      2471 8115 2472 8110 2475 8104 2474 8102
      2478 8093 2480 8092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0830Z 103DEG 31KT 2471 8115

$$

MSB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 8, 3:04 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY86 min
Oct 8, 3:29 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY61 min
Oct 8, 3:38 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY52 min
Oct 8, 4:21 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY33 min
Oct 8, 10:23 AM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasKEY5 hr
Oct 8, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY56 min
Oct 8, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY33 min
Oct 8, 3:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryKEYMonroe4 hr
Oct 8, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY58 min
Oct 8, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY62 min
Oct 8, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY20 min
Oct 8, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY57 min
Oct 8, 7:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryKEYMonroe111 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.