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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Miami, FL

June 6, 2012Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2012, 7:18 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 27 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: Jun 6, 2012, 7:18 AM EDT (11:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2012, 7:45 AM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 96 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

165 
WUUS52 KMFL 061118
SVRMFL
FLC099-061145-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0064.120606T1118Z-120606T1145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
718 AM EDT WED JUN 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 745 AM EDT

* AT 717 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
  SOUTH OF LION COUNTRY SAFARI...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  LION COUNTRY SAFARI...
  WELLINGTON...
  ROYAL PALM BEACH...
  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 2680 8031 2669 8016 2653 8035 2661 8045
TIME...MOT...LOC 1118Z 222DEG 23KT 2664 8035

$$

GARCIA

1 follow-up statement

595 
WWUS52 KMFL 061136
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
736 AM EDT WED JUN 6 2012

FLC099-061146-
/O.EXP.KMFL.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-120606T1145Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
736 AM EDT WED JUN 6 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 745 AM EDT...

EVEN THOUGH THE STORM HAS WEAKENED, THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE 
AREA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...VERY HEAVY 
RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA 
WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.

LAT...LON 2680 8031 2669 8016 2653 8035 2661 8045
TIME...MOT...LOC 1136Z 222DEG 23KT 2673 8026

$$

GARCIA

The 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, 4:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach	40 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, 7:29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.