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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 27, 2012, 3:42 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 48 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 27, 2012, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 27, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 2337 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
808 WUUS52 KMFL 271942 SVRMFL FLC099-272030- /O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0154.120927T1942Z-120927T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 342 PM EDT THU SEP 27 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. * UNTIL 430 PM EDT * AT 337 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 OVER CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * THE STORM WILL AFFECT... RURAL SOUTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY 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. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD POORLY DRAINED AREAS MAKING ROADWAYS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM CANALS AND PONDS. AVOID DRIVING IN WATERS COVERING ROADWAYS. 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. && LAT...LON 2634 8024 2635 8060 2661 8056 2663 8030 TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 009DEG 4KT 2650 8044 $$ BAXTER
2 follow-up statements
061 WWUS52 KMFL 271957 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 357 PM EDT THU SEP 27 2012 FLC099-272030- /O.CON.KMFL.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-120927T2030Z/ PALM BEACH FL- 357 PM EDT THU SEP 27 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY... AT 355 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM IN THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOUSE OR BUSINESS IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. LAT...LON 2652 8053 2653 8034 2634 8030 2635 8060 TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 356DEG 9KT 2642 8044 $$ BAXTER
340 WWUS52 KMFL 272022 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 422 PM EDT THU SEP 27 2012 FLC099-272032- /O.EXP.KMFL.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-120927T2030Z/ PALM BEACH FL- 422 PM EDT THU SEP 27 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THUS THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM EDT. LAT...LON 2652 8053 2653 8034 2634 8030 2635 8060 TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 356DEG 9KT 2636 8044 $$ BAXTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 35 min |
| Sep 27, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 37 min |
| Sep 27, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 44 min |
| Sep 27, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 43 min |
| Sep 27, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 40 min |
| Sep 27, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 61 min |
| Sep 27, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 38 min |
| Sep 27, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 34 min |
| Sep 27, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 17 min |
| Sep 27, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 39 min |
| Sep 27, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 48 min |
| Sep 27, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 35 min | |
| Sep 27, 5:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Collier | 56 min |
| Sep 27, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 41 min |
| Sep 27, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 61 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.