Alert archive / Florida / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this high wind warning at May 24, 2012, 1:13 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 103 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2012, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2012, 2:56 PM EDT
- In force
- 103 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:15 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Miami Beach, FL | A LARGE AWNING WAS DOWNED AT A SOUTH BEACH HOTEL DURING STRONG WIND GUSTS ASSOCIATED WITH A HEAVY RAIN SHOWER. |
| May 24, 1:15 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | North Miami, FL | A LARGE PALM TREE WAS DOWNED BY STRONG WIND GUSTS DURING A HEAVY RAIN SHOWER. |
| May 24, 1:25 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 45 | 4 Se Fort Lauderdale, FL | PEAK WIND GUST OF 34 KT...39 MPH...AT WEATHER FLOW SITE NEAR PORT EVERGLADES. SUSTAINED WIND 33 KT...38 MPH. |
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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 877 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
030 WWUS72 KMFL 241713 NPWMFL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 113 PM EDT THU MAY 24 2012 FLZ172-173-242200- /O.NEW.KMFL.HW.W.0001.120524T1713Z-120524T2200Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POMPANO BEACH...FORT LAUDERDALE 113 PM EDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ANYTIME ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS OF MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD COUNTIES THROUGH 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...DUE TO DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE IN THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE COASTAL AREAS OF MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE CAPABLE OF CAUSING DAMAGE. THESE WINDS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF CAUSING DOWNED POWER LINES AND UPROOTING TREES. THESE WINDS ARE ALSO DANGEROUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON BRIDGES, CAUSEWAYS AND OVERPASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ BAXTER
1 follow-up statement
049 WWUS72 KMFL 241856 NPWMFL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 256 PM EDT THU MAY 24 2012 FLZ172-173-242000- /O.CAN.KMFL.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120524T2200Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POMPANO BEACH...FORT LAUDERDALE 256 PM EDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED ALONG COASTAL SECTIONS OF BROWARD AND MIAMI- DADE COUNTIES. THEREFORE, THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ GREGORIA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 9:25 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 4 hr |
| May 24, 10:49 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 116 min | |
| May 24, 11:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 2 hr |
| May 24, 11:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 46 min |
| May 24, 11:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 34 min |
| May 24, 12:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 117 min | |
| May 24, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 44 min |
| May 24, 12:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 2 hr |
| May 24, 1:19 PM EDT | Gale Warning | MFL | 3 hr | |
| May 24, 4:43 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 5 hr | |
| May 24, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 70 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.