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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Miami, FL

June 24, 2011Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2011, 2:43 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2011, 2:43 PM EDT (18:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2011, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 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 was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 2:54 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Royal Palm Beach, FLAT 254 PM EDT...A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE 7 AND SOUTHERN BOULEVARD REPORTED NICKEL-SIZED HAIL...ESTIMATED WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...AND SEVERAL SMALL TREES DOWNED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2011-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1859 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 2011-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
1859 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
782 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 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.

584 
WUUS52 KMFL 241843
SVRMFL
FLC099-241915-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0055.110624T1843Z-110624T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
243 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 241 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE
  DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR WELLINGTON. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  WELLINGTON...
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD POORLY DRAINED AREAS MAKING ROADWAYS
INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM CANALS AND PONDS. AVOID DRIVING IN WATERS
COVERING ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 2682 8023 2677 8008 2651 8022 2652 8036
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 117DEG 1KT 2668 8022

$$

CWC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 3:42 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL39 min
Jun 24, 9:03 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL27 min
Jun 24, 9:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade30 min
Jun 24, 9:28 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL32 min
Jun 24, 9:58 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL47 min
Jun 24, 10:48 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL57 min
Jun 24, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade25 min
Jun 24, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach36 min
Jun 24, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward27 min
Jun 24, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach24 min
Jun 24, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward36 min
Jun 24, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade25 min
Jun 24, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward32 min
Jun 24, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier26 min
Jun 24, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach23 min
Jun 24, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL28 min
Jun 24, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach24 min
Jun 24, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier37 min
Jun 24, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL32 min
Jun 24, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry42 min
Jun 24, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.