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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Miami, FL

June 14, 2012Hendry County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 7:36 PM EDT for Hendry County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 24 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 14, 2012, 7:36 PM EDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hendry County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 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, 11.6 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1485 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 12:00Z on 2012-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
1485 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 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.

022 
WUUS52 KMFL 142336
SVRMFL
FLC051-099-150000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0077.120614T2336Z-120615T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
736 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 734 PM 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 10
  MILES WEST OF OKEELANTA...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  RURAL WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY
  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.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. OR YOU CAN
ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI DIRECTLY AT
305.229.4528 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

&&

LAT...LON 2663 8063 2639 8075 2650 8099 2667 8092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 283DEG 12KT 2655 8086

$$

GARCIA
1 follow-up statement
146 
WWUS52 KMFL 142356
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
756 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012

FLC051-099-150005-
/O.EXP.KMFL.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-120615T0000Z/
HENDRY FL-PALM BEACH FL-
756 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PALM BEACH AND
EAST CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM EDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM HAS
WEAKENED. THUS THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM EDT.

HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. FREQUENT 
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 55 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 2663 8063 2639 8075 2650 8099 2667 8092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 283DEG 12KT 2654 8079

$$

GARCIA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 8:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach37 min
Jun 13, 8:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach46 min
Jun 13, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach25 min
Jun 13, 9:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach32 min
Jun 13, 9:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward35 min
Jun 13, 10:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward39 min
Jun 14, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades27 min
Jun 14, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades34 min
Jun 14, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 min
Jun 14, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades29 min
Jun 14, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry29 min
Jun 14, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL64 min
Jun 14, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry48 min
Jun 14, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade67 min
Jun 14, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward32 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.