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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Miami, FL

September 27, 2012Palm Beach County, Florida

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-09-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2337 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 2012-09-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 27, 2:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade35 min
Sep 27, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach37 min
Sep 27, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade44 min
Sep 27, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach43 min
Sep 27, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward40 min
Sep 27, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward61 min
Sep 27, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward38 min
Sep 27, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier34 min
Sep 27, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward17 min
Sep 27, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier39 min
Sep 27, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier48 min
Sep 27, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL35 min
Sep 27, 5:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLCollier56 min
Sep 27, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier41 min
Sep 27, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL61 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.