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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Miami, FL

October 18, 2011Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 18, 2011, 9:14 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 18 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 18, 2011, 9:14 PM EDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Oct 18, 2011, 9:32 PM EDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 18, 2:21 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 00:00Z on 2011-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3389 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 00:00Z on 2011-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 351 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3389 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
417 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
7.8
Supercell composite
32.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

002 
WUUS52 KMFL 190114
SVRMFL
FLC099-190145-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0064.111019T0114Z-111019T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
914 PM EDT TUE OCT 18 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 907 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE
  DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  CANAL POINT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO
ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM IN THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOUSE OR BUSINESS IF A TORNADO IS
SPOTTED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 2679 8048 2684 8065 2685 8065 2689 8062
      2695 8062 2696 8061 2696 8033
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 220DEG 33KT 2693 8052

$$

MJB
1 follow-up statement
273 
WWUS52 KMFL 190132
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
932 PM EDT TUE OCT 18 2011

FLC099-190140-
/O.CAN.KMFL.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-111019T0145Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
932 PM EDT TUE OCT 18 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PALM BEACH
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THE THUNDERSTORM HAS
MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THUS THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2679 8048 2684 8065 2685 8065 2689 8062
      2695 8062 2696 8061 2696 8033
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 220DEG 33KT 2705 8040

$$

MJB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 8:12 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLMiami-Dade, Monroe33 min
Oct 18, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry29 min
Oct 18, 8:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL93 min
Oct 18, 8:45 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLMiami-Dade30 min
Oct 18, 9:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach37 min
Oct 18, 9:14 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLMiami-Dade31 min
Oct 18, 9:44 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade31 min
Oct 18, 10:12 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach9 min
Oct 18, 10:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL77 min
Oct 18, 10:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward29 min
Oct 18, 10:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach35 min
Oct 18, 11:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL58 min
Oct 18, 11:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL114 min
Oct 18, 11:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades64 min
Oct 18, 11:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward23 min
Oct 19, 12:14 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL91 min
Oct 19, 12:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier57 min
Oct 19, 1:08 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL112 min
Oct 19, 3:01 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL48 min
Oct 19, 4:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward28 min
Oct 19, 4:41 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL47 min
Oct 19, 5:00 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLCollier77 min
Oct 19, 5:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL65 min
Oct 19, 5:55 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL38 min
Oct 19, 6:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade42 min
Oct 19, 12:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL84 min
Oct 19, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL90 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.