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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Miami, FL

June 9, 2012Collier County, Glades County, Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2012, 2:16 AM EDT for Collier County, Glades County, Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 59 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 9, 2012, 2:16 AM EDT (06:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2012, 3:15 AM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Collier County, FL, Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:15 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, 6.3 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 2012-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1020 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 2012-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1020 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

837 
WUUS52 KMFL 090616
SVRMFL
FLC021-043-051-090715-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0073.120609T0616Z-120609T0715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
216 AM EDT SAT JUN 9 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL GLADES COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
  WESTERN HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
  NORTHWESTERN COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 315 AM EDT

* AT 209 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUSE TO BIG CORKSCREW
  ISLAND TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH NAPLES...AND MOVING EAST AT 25
  MPH.

* THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT...
  LA BELLE...
  FELDA...
  AVE MARIA...
  PALMDALE...
  ORTONA...
  LAKEPORT...
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE VERY STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58
MPH...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. STAY
INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF
OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES AND
AVOID WATER. MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE IF POSSIBLE. AVOID
USING THE TELEPHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG
UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

&&

LAT...LON 2639 8153 2688 8150 2703 8109 2690 8110
      2689 8111 2689 8110 2608 8116 2607 8180
TIME...MOT...LOC 0616Z 270DEG 20KT 2688 8142 2634 8149
          2608 8175

$$
JR
1 follow-up statement
018 
WWUS52 KMFL 090714
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
314 AM EDT SAT JUN 9 2012

FLC021-043-051-090722-
/O.EXP.KMFL.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-120609T0715Z/
HENDRY FL-GLADES FL-COLLIER FL-
314 AM EDT SAT JUN 9 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN COLLIER...SOUTH
CENTRAL GLADES AND WESTERN HENDRY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 AM
EDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM HAS
MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THUS THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL
EXPIRE AT 315 AM EDT.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2639 8153 2688 8150 2703 8109 2690 8110
      2689 8111 2689 8110 2608 8116 2607 8180
TIME...MOT...LOC 0712Z 270DEG 20KT 2688 8107 2634 8114
          2608 8140

$$
JR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 12:32 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL118 min
Jun 9, 1:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier41 min
Jun 9, 1:52 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLCollier23 min
Jun 9, 2:01 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL59 min
Jun 9, 2:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades36 min
Jun 9, 2:55 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL73 min
Jun 9, 3:03 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL81 min
Jun 9, 3:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier34 min
Jun 9, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward52 min
Jun 9, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward30 min
Jun 9, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMartin28 min
Jun 9, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades31 min
Jun 9, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL90 min
Jun 9, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach29 min
Jun 9, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades48 min
Jun 9, 4:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward34 min
Jun 9, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL47 min
Jun 9, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward41 min
Jun 9, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier45 min
Jun 9, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier38 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.