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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Key West, FL

August 25, 2012Monroe County, Florida

NWS Key West, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2012, 7:11 AM EDT for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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
Aug 25, 2012, 7:11 AM EDT (11:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2012, 7:45 AM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Key West, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Monroe County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:11 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

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 2012-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 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 2012-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-336 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1966 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 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.

176 
WUUS52 KKEY 251111
SVRKEY
FLC087-251145-
/O.NEW.KKEY.SV.W.0002.120825T1111Z-120825T1145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
711 AM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MONROE/UPPER KEYS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITY OF KEY LARGO...

* UNTIL 745 AM EDT

* AT 704 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROUTE
  1/CARD SOUND ROAD SPLIT...OR 13 MILES EAST OF KEY LARGO...AND
  MOVING WEST AT 25 MPH.

* COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDE ROUTE 1/CARD
  SOUND ROAD S AND ROCK HARBOR

LAT...LON 2517 8035 2511 8039 2506 8046 2505 8045
      2505 8047 2499 8052 2497 8056 2501 8055
      2508 8047 2512 8049 2512 8047 2510 8046
      2511 8044 2515 8047 2518 8046 2518 8044
      2516 8045 2514 8041 2518 8039
TIME...MOT...LOC 1109Z 095DEG 21KT 2506 8027

$$

CLR
1 follow-up statement
241 
WWUS52 KKEY 251130
SVSKEY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
730 AM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

FLC087-251145-
/O.CON.KKEY.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120825T1145Z/
MONROE/UPPER KEYS FL-
730 AM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM EDT 
FOR MONROE COUNTY IN THE UPPER KEYS...

AT 727 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR KEY LARGO...MOVING WEST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCK
HARBOR.

LAT...LON 2517 8035 2511 8039 2506 8046 2505 8045
      2505 8047 2499 8052 2497 8056 2501 8055
      2508 8047 2512 8049 2512 8047 2510 8046
      2511 8044 2515 8047 2518 8046 2518 8044
      2516 8045 2514 8041 2518 8039
TIME...MOT...LOC 1130Z 095DEG 21KT 2507 8041

$$

CLR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 8:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY89 min
Aug 24, 8:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY49 min
Aug 24, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY43 min
Aug 24, 9:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY59 min
Aug 24, 9:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY57 min
Aug 24, 9:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY52 min
Aug 24, 9:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY48 min
Aug 24, 10:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY60 min
Aug 24, 11:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY45 min
Aug 25, 12:30 AM EDTHurricane WatchKEYMonroe4 hr
Aug 25, 12:30 AM EDTTropical Storm WarningKEYMonroe59 hr
Aug 25, 4:53 AM EDTHurricane WarningKEYMonroe38 hr
Aug 25, 7:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningKEYMonroe38 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.