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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 2012, 4:01 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 25 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
- Sep 6, 2012, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2012, 4:26 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 81 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2065 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
126
WUUS52 KMFL 062001
SVRMFL
FLC099-062045-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0148.120906T2001Z-120906T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
401 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 356 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELLE
GLADE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
BELLE GLADE...
LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...
LION COUNTRY SAFARI...
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 2648 8016 2633 8057 2635 8053 2669 8074
2688 8040
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 231DEG 20KT 2656 8055
$$
AK2 follow-up statements
764
WWUS52 KMFL 062021
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
421 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012
FLC099-062045-
/O.CON.KMFL.SV.W.0148.000000T0000Z-120906T2045Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
421 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY...
AT 417 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LION
COUNTRY SAFARI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
LAT...LON 2653 8019 2642 8044 2643 8049 2674 8065
2688 8040
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 231DEG 20KT 2663 8045
$$
AK326
WWUS52 KMFL 062026
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
426 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012
FLC099-062036-
/O.CAN.KMFL.SV.W.0148.000000T0000Z-120906T2045Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
426 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
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 2653 8019 2642 8044 2643 8049 2674 8065
2688 8040
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 231DEG 20KT 2665 8043
$$
AKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 12:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 52 min |
| Sep 6, 2:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 119 min |
| Sep 6, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 92 min | |
| Sep 6, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 25 min |
| Sep 6, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 43 min |
| Sep 6, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 35 min |
| Sep 6, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 50 min |
| Sep 6, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 24 min |
| Sep 6, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 38 min |
| Sep 6, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 36 min | |
| Sep 6, 5:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Collier | 2 hr |
| Sep 6, 5:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 118 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.