Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2012, 2:41 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 34 min. 4 reports 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 15, 2012, 2:41 PM EDT (18:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2012, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:42 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2:41 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Boca Raton, FL | QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY MULTIPLE TRAINED SPOTTERS AT BOCA RATON. |
| Jun 15, 2:44 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Delray Beach, FL | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED MARBLE SIZED HAIL NEAR DELRAY BEACH. |
| Jun 15, 2:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 53 | Boca Raton, FL | ASOS MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 46 KTS/53 MPH AT BCT AIRPORT. |
| Jun 15, 2:48 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | Boca Raton, FL | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 1 1/2IN HAIL IN BOCA RATON. |
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 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 65 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
325 WUUS52 KMFL 151841 SVRMFL FLC099-151915- /O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0082.120615T1841Z-120615T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 241 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. * UNTIL 315 PM EDT * AT 238 PM 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 DELRAY BEACH...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE STORM WILL AFFECT... BOCA RATON... 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. 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 2634 8008 2633 8015 2641 8023 2649 8008 TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 320DEG 17KT 2641 8009 $$ KOB
2 follow-up statements
709 WWUS52 KMFL 151854 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 254 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2012 FLC099-151915- /O.CON.KMFL.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-120615T1915Z/ PALM BEACH FL- 254 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY... AT 251 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BOCA RATON... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SEVERAL TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL ALONG WITH 50 MPH WIND GUSTS IN BOCA RATON AND DELRAY BEACH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE VERY STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 2634 8008 2633 8015 2641 8023 2649 8008 TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 320DEG 17KT 2637 8005 $$ KOB
701 WWUS52 KMFL 151909 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 309 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2012 FLC099-151918- /O.EXP.KMFL.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-120615T1915Z/ PALM BEACH FL- 309 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM EDT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA WITH 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 2634 8008 2633 8015 2641 8023 2649 8008 TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 320DEG 17KT 2632 8000 $$ KOB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 62 min |
| Jun 14, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 24 min |
| Jun 14, 8:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 min | |
| Jun 14, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 21 min |
| Jun 14, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 9:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 9:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 113 min |
| Jun 14, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 9:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 23 min |
| Jun 14, 9:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 64 min | |
| Jun 14, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 9:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 48 min | |
| Jun 15, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 27 min | |
| Jun 15, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 25 min |
| Jun 15, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 61 min | |
| Jun 15, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 29 min |
| Jun 15, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 27 min |
| Jun 15, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 23 min |
| Jun 15, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 27 min |
| Jun 15, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 29 min |
| Jun 15, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 37 min |
| Jun 15, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade, Monroe | 27 min |
| Jun 15, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Hendry | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 63 min |
| Jun 15, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 54 min |
| Jun 15, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier, Miami-Dade | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 36 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.