Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2012, 6:28 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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
- May 29, 2012, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2012, 6:59 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 1097 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 866 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
577
WUUS52 KMFL 292228
SVRMFL
FLC011-292315-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0056.120529T2228Z-120529T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
628 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 626 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 NEAR
FORT LAUDERDALE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A SPOTTER
ESTIMATED WINDS OF 55 MPH NEAR PLANTATION.
* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
LAUDERHILL...
LAUDERDALE LAKES...
FORT LAUDERDALE...
PORT EVERGLADES...
WILTON MANORS...
LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA...
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.
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. OR YOU CAN
ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI DIRECTLY AT
305.229.4528 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 2615 8010 2613 8009 2601 8011 2599 8012
2598 8024 2618 8033 2631 8007 2629 8007
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 239DEG 12KT 2611 8019
$$
AK2 follow-up statements
943
WWUS52 KMFL 292241
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
641 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
FLC011-292315-
/O.CON.KMFL.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-120529T2315Z/
BROWARD FL-
641 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY...
AT 635 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WILTON MANNERS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. A SPOTTER
ESTIMATED WINDS OF 60 MPH NEAR WILTON MANNERS. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. OR YOU CAN
ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI DIRECTLY AT
305.229.4528 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.
LAT...LON 2615 8010 2613 8009 2601 8011 2602 8012
2601 8023 2621 8027 2631 8007 2629 8007
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 237DEG 21KT 2614 8013
$$
AK403
WWUS52 KMFL 292259
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
659 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
FLC011-292309-
/O.CAN.KMFL.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-120529T2315Z/
BROWARD FL-
659 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM HAS
WEAKENED. THUS THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 2615 8010 2613 8009 2601 8011 2602 8012
2601 8023 2621 8027 2631 8007 2629 8007
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 237DEG 21KT 2620 8003
$$
AKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 12:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 64 min |
| May 29, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 24 min |
| May 29, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 53 min | |
| May 29, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 61 min |
| May 29, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 62 min |
| May 29, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 49 min |
| May 29, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 89 min | |
| May 29, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 33 min |
| May 29, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 33 min |
| May 29, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 55 min | |
| May 29, 5:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 66 min |
| May 29, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 31 min |
| May 29, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 67 min | |
| May 29, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 38 min | |
| May 29, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 47 min |
| May 29, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 35 min |
| May 29, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 33 min | |
| May 29, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 51 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.