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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Miami, FL

May 24, 2012Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida

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.

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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
May 24, 1:15 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMGMiami Beach, FLA LARGE AWNING WAS DOWNED AT A SOUTH BEACH HOTEL DURING STRONG WIND GUSTS ASSOCIATED WITH A HEAVY RAIN SHOWER.
May 24, 1:15 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMGNorth Miami, FLA LARGE PALM TREE WAS DOWNED BY STRONG WIND GUSTS DURING A HEAVY RAIN SHOWER.
May 24, 1:25 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND GST 454 Se Fort Lauderdale, FLPEAK 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 877 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 9:25 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade4 hr
May 24, 10:49 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL116 min
May 24, 11:00 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward, Miami-Dade2 hr
May 24, 11:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade46 min
May 24, 11:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLMiami-Dade34 min
May 24, 12:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL117 min
May 24, 12:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLMiami-Dade44 min
May 24, 12:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward, Palm Beach2 hr
May 24, 1:19 PM EDTGale WarningMFL3 hr
May 24, 4:43 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL5 hr
May 24, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL70 min

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Florida, 2012Every high wind warning in 2012

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.