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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Miami, FL

August 22, 2012Hendry County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2012, 5:58 PM EDT for Hendry County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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 22, 2012, 5:58 PM EDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hendry County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2012-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1560 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 2012-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
1560 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 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.

762 
WUUS52 KMFL 222158
SVRMFL
FLC051-099-222230-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0134.120822T2158Z-120822T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
558 PM EDT WED AUG 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
  EAST CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 556 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL HENDRY
  COUNTY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  RURAL EASTERN HENDRY COUNTY
  RURAL WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2660 8101 2671 8087 2664 8077 2652 8071
      2645 8089 2641 8097 2650 8106
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 231DEG 10KT 2650 8096

$$

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2 follow-up statements
144 
WWUS52 KMFL 222212
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
612 PM EDT WED AUG 22 2012

FLC051-099-222230-
/O.CON.KMFL.SV.W.0134.000000T0000Z-120822T2230Z/
HENDRY FL-PALM BEACH FL-
612 PM EDT WED AUG 22 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL PALM BEACH AND EAST CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTIES...

AT 610 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL HENDRY
COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER 
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

LAT...LON 2660 8101 2671 8087 2664 8077 2652 8071
      2645 8089 2641 8097 2650 8106
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 231DEG 10KT 2652 8093

$$

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209 
WWUS52 KMFL 222226
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
626 PM EDT WED AUG 22 2012

FLC051-099-222236-
/O.EXP.KMFL.SV.W.0134.000000T0000Z-120822T2230Z/
HENDRY FL-PALM BEACH FL-
626 PM EDT WED AUG 22 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PALM BEACH AND
EAST CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM EDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM HAS
WEAKENED. THUS THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM EDT.

THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO
40 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 2660 8101 2671 8087 2664 8077 2652 8071
      2645 8089 2641 8097 2650 8106
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 231DEG 10KT 2655 8089

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 11:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL54 min
Aug 21, 11:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLCollier110 min
Aug 22, 12:46 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL44 min
Aug 22, 2:22 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL38 min
Aug 22, 3:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL45 min
Aug 22, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach29 min
Aug 22, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach48 min
Aug 22, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach55 min
Aug 22, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward60 min
Aug 22, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier50 min
Aug 22, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward47 min
Aug 22, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry47 min
Aug 22, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade51 min
Aug 22, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry62 min
Aug 22, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL67 min
Aug 22, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry39 min
Aug 22, 7:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier28 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.