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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Miami, FL

July 24, 2012Collier County, Glades County, Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2012, 4:17 PM EDT for Collier County, Glades County, Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 21 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 24, 2012, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2012, 4:38 PM EDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Collier County, FL, Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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 (KMIA), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 2012-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4148 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 2012-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
4148 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
501 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 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.

087 
WUUS52 KMFL 242017
SVRMFL
FLC021-043-051-242100-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0110.120724T2017Z-120724T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
417 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL GLADES COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
  NORTHERN HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
  NORTH CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 412 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF DEVILS GARDEN
  TO 3 MILES NORTH OF FELDA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT...
  FELDA...
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND
OR LARGE HAIL. FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS
ALSO POSSIBLE. IF THE STORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION, SEEK SHELTER IN
AN ENCLOSED BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 2670 8094 2638 8131 2657 8155 2684 8116
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 309DEG 3KT 2676 8119 2658 8142

$$

AK
1 follow-up statement
300 
WWUS52 KMFL 242038
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
438 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012

FLC021-043-051-242048-
/O.CAN.KMFL.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-120724T2100Z/
HENDRY FL-GLADES FL-COLLIER FL-
438 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL COLLIER...SOUTH
CENTRAL GLADES AND NORTHERN HENDRY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 2670 8094 2638 8131 2657 8155 2684 8116
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 309DEG 3KT 2675 8117 2657 8140

$$

AK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier29 min
Jul 24, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward28 min
Jul 24, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry26 min
Jul 24, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach14 min
Jul 24, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach23 min
Jul 24, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades35 min
Jul 24, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL42 min
Jul 24, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach24 min
Jul 24, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach32 min
Jul 24, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach42 min
Jul 24, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach25 min
Jul 24, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach31 min
Jul 24, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMartin36 min
Jul 24, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach29 min
Jul 24, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL28 min

Nearby

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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.