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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Miami, FL

June 7, 2012Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2012, 12:26 AM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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 7, 2012, 12:26 AM EDT (04:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2012, 12:52 AM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Collier County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 12:35 AM EDTTSTM WND GST 50Marco Island, FLA MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH DURING A THUNDERSTORM.

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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 00:00Z on 2012-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2482 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 00:00Z on 2012-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2482 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

160 
WUUS52 KMFL 070426
SVRMFL
FLC021-070515-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0069.120607T0426Z-120607T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1226 AM EDT THU JUN 7 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 115 AM EDT

* AT 1222 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 NEAR
  CAPE ROMANO...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  CAPE ROMANO...
  MARCO ISLAND...
  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 2601 8148 2588 8153 2589 8155 2589 8159
      2590 8162 2589 8164 2590 8165 2589 8168
      2586 8166 2584 8168 2591 8174 2595 8176
      2597 8175 2601 8177 2602 8177
TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 179DEG 11KT 2582 8167

$$

MJB
1 follow-up statement
105 
WWUS52 KMFL 070452
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1252 AM EDT THU JUN 7 2012

FLC021-070502-
/O.CAN.KMFL.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-120607T0515Z/
COLLIER FL-
1252 AM EDT THU JUN 7 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COLLIER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THE THUNDERSTORM HAS
WEAKENED. THUS THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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 2601 8148 2588 8153 2589 8155 2589 8159
      2590 8162 2589 8164 2590 8165 2589 8168
      2586 8166 2584 8168 2591 8174 2595 8176
      2597 8175 2601 8177 2602 8177
TIME...MOT...LOC 0452Z 179DEG 11KT 2590 8167

$$

MJB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 11:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier66 min
Jun 6, 11:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL49 min
Jun 7, 12:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier65 min
Jun 7, 12:46 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL28 min
Jun 7, 12:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier47 min
Jun 7, 1:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier36 min
Jun 7, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMartin33 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.