Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

May 15, 2012, 3:09 PM EDT (19:09 UTC)

Expired

May 15, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT

In force

36 min

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Glades County, FL

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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557 
WUUS52 KMFL 151909
SVRMFL
FLC043-151945-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0023.120515T1909Z-120515T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
309 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL GLADES COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 304 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 5 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF MUSE...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  RURAL WESTERN GLADES 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.

&&

LAT...LON 2682 8154 2696 8156 2701 8131 2680 8132
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 257DEG 6KT 2690 8146

$$

MJB

509 
WWUS52 KMFL 151924
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
324 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012

FLC043-151945-
/O.CON.KMFL.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120515T1945Z/
GLADES FL-
324 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL GLADES COUNTY...

AT 319 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 6 
MILES NORTHEAST OF MUSE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 2683 8153 2696 8154 2701 8131 2680 8132
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 257DEG 6KT 2691 8143

$$

MJB

033 
WWUS52 KMFL 151943
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
343 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012

FLC043-151952-
/O.EXP.KMFL.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120515T1945Z/
GLADES FL-
343 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL GLADES COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM EDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM HAS
DISSIPATED. THUS THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM EDT.

HOWEVER, GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY STILL
OCCUR WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 2683 8153 2696 8154 2701 8131 2680 8132
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 257DEG 6KT 2692 8140

$$

MJB

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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.