Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2012, 4:35 AM EDT for Glades County, Hendry County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2012, 4:35 AM EDT (08:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2012, 5:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 5:10 AM EDT | TSTM WND GST 48 | 3 Ese Clewiston, FL | A MESONET SITE NEAR CLEWISTON REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 42 KTS...OR 48 MPH...AT 510 AM EDT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 2033 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1306 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
588
WUUS52 KMFL 060835
SVRMFL
FLC043-051-099-060915-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0060.120606T0835Z-120606T0915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
435 AM EDT WED JUN 6 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
SOUTHEASTERN GLADES COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
EASTERN HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
* UNTIL 515 AM EDT
* AT 430 AM 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 12
MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEVILS GARDEN...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
DEVILS GARDEN...
CLEWISTON...
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.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 2688 8109 2685 8109 2682 8105 2682 8095
2680 8095 2677 8094 2674 8085 2671 8081
2671 8078 2677 8074 2671 8078 2670 8077
2634 8092 2636 8122 2689 8114
TIME...MOT...LOC 0835Z 186DEG 29KT 2649 8103
$$
MJB1 follow-up statement
089
WWUS52 KMFL 060911
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
511 AM EDT WED JUN 6 2012
FLC043-051-099-060919-
/O.EXP.KMFL.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-120606T0915Z/
HENDRY FL-GLADES FL-PALM BEACH FL-
511 AM EDT WED JUN 6 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PALM BEACH...
SOUTHEASTERN GLADES AND EASTERN HENDRY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 AM
EDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THE STRONGEST WINDS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM HAVE MOVED NORTH INTO LAKE
OKEECHOBEE. THUS THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 515 AM EDT.
HOWEVER, GUSTY WINDS AROUND 50 MPH, SMALL HAIL, AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
ARE STILL POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 2688 8109 2685 8109 2682 8105 2682 8095
2680 8095 2677 8094 2674 8085 2671 8081
2671 8078 2677 8074 2671 8078 2670 8077
2634 8092 2636 8122 2689 8114
TIME...MOT...LOC 0909Z 186DEG 29KT 2676 8100
$$
MJBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 3:02 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 58 min | |
| Jun 6, 3:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 24 min |
| Jun 6, 3:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 3:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 4:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 4:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 4:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 23 min |
| Jun 6, 4:59 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 68 min | |
| Jun 6, 5:05 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 85 min | |
| Jun 6, 5:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 5:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 5:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 5:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 5:42 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 5:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 6:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 6:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 6:47 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 58 min | |
| Jun 6, 7:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 7:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 7:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 7:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 7:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 7:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 65 min | |
| Jun 6, 7:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 7:54 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 66 min | |
| Jun 6, 8:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 8:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 16 min |
| Jun 6, 8:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 37 min |
| Jun 6, 8:37 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 53 min | |
| Jun 6, 8:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 37 min |
| Jun 6, 8:49 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 56 min | |
| Jun 6, 8:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 23 min |
| Jun 6, 9:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 66 min | |
| Jun 6, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 23 min |
| Jun 6, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.