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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Miami, FL

July 1, 2012Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2012, 6:23 PM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 37 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
Jul 1, 2012, 6:23 PM EDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Collier County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 2012-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2142 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 2012-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
2142 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
796 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 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.

441 
WUUS52 KMFL 012223
SVRMFL
FLC021-012300-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0103.120701T2223Z-120701T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
623 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 618 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  MILE MARKER 90 ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...AND MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  INTERSECTION ALLIGATOR ALLEY AND SR 29...
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE VERY STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58
MPH...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. STAY
INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 2603 8160 2629 8154 2621 8122 2602 8127
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 104DEG 10KT 2613 8135

$$

AK
2 follow-up statements
193 
WWUS52 KMFL 012236
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
636 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

FLC021-012300-
/O.CON.KMFL.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-120701T2300Z/
COLLIER FL-
636 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY...

AT 631 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCK 
ISLAND...MOVING WEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. OR YOU CAN
ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI DIRECTLY AT
305.229.4528 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 2602 8132 2603 8160 2629 8154 2622 8124
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 105DEG 8KT 2612 8138

$$

AK
882 
WWUS52 KMFL 012252
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
652 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

FLC021-012302-
/O.EXP.KMFL.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-120701T2300Z/
COLLIER FL-
652 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 700 PM EDT...

THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO
45 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE STILL POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO 
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.

LAT...LON 2602 8132 2603 8160 2629 8154 2622 8124
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 105DEG 8KT 2613 8142

$$

AK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe52 min
Jul 1, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach46 min
Jul 1, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry45 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.