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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Miami, FL

August 23, 2012Glades County, Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2012, 5:56 PM EDT for Glades County, Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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 23, 2012, 5:56 PM EDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 2012-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3149 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 2012-08-23The 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
3149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
691 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 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.

848 
WUUS52 KMFL 232156
SVRMFL
FLC043-051-232230-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0135.120823T2156Z-120823T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
556 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL GLADES COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
  WESTERN HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 551 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF KERI TO
  KERI...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT...
  KERI...
  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.

&&

LAT...LON 2667 8116 2652 8140 2666 8151 2678 8127
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 139DEG 8KT 2669 8123 2661 8138

$$

GARCIA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 8:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier66 min
Aug 22, 9:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL40 min
Aug 23, 7:53 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL52 min
Aug 23, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach26 min
Aug 23, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier19 min
Aug 23, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier42 min
Aug 23, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry33 min
Aug 23, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades32 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.