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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Miami, FL

June 8, 2012Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2012, 3:25 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 18 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 8, 2012, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2012, 3:43 PM EDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 18 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 12:00Z on 2012-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1799 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 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
1799 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
908 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

505 
WUUS52 KMFL 081925
SVRMFL
FLC086-082000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0071.120608T1925Z-120608T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
325 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 324 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN         
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR      
  NORTH BAY VILLAGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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 2589 8011 2585 8011 2584 8014 2586 8015
      2588 8015 2588 8016 2592 8018 2596 8012
      2591 8011 2591 8010 2590 8010
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 234DEG 17KT 2590 8010

$$

85-GIBBS
1 follow-up statement
064 
WWUS52 KMFL 081943
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
343 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2012

FLC086-081952-
/O.CAN.KMFL.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-120608T2000Z/
MIAMI-DADE FL-
343 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH MIAMI BEACH IN MIAMI-DADE 
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM HAS 
MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA OFF THE COAST. THUS THE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

LAT...LON 2589 8011 2585 8011 2584 8014 2586 8015
      2588 8015 2588 8016 2592 8018 2596 8012
      2591 8011 2591 8010 2590 8010
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 234DEG 17KT 2595 8003

$$

85-GIBBS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 11:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades, Hendry42 min
Jun 8, 12:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades, Hendry55 min
Jun 8, 12:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL63 min
Jun 8, 12:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach24 min
Jun 8, 12:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL66 min
Jun 8, 1:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach31 min
Jun 8, 1:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach43 min
Jun 8, 1:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach29 min
Jun 8, 2:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL58 min
Jun 8, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach25 min
Jun 8, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward28 min
Jun 8, 2:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLPalm Beach115 min
Jun 8, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL65 min
Jun 8, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward28 min
Jun 8, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward26 min
Jun 8, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL58 min
Jun 8, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade37 min
Jun 8, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL65 min
Jun 8, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL62 min
Jun 8, 5:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade108 min
Jun 8, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward25 min
Jun 8, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward34 min

Nearby

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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.