Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2012, 4:16 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 29 min. 3 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, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Miami-Dade County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 4:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Downtown Miami, FL | OFF-DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR BRICKEL AVE. |
| Jun 15, 4:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 E Coral Gables, FL | TIME OF THE EVENT CORRECTED...GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT COCONUT GROVE. |
| Jun 15, 4:20 PM EDT | HAIL 3 | Coral Gables, FL | THREE INCH HAIL REPORTED IN THE CORAL GABLES AREA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 11 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.
703
WUUS52 KMFL 152016
SVRMFL
FLC086-152045-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0087.120615T2016Z-120615T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
416 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 413 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORTH
MIAMI TO MIAMI SPRINGS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT...
HIALEAH...
EL PORTAL...
MIAMI SHORES...
MIAMI INTERNATIONAL A/P...
LITTLE HAITI...
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 2580 8012 2573 8014 2571 8014 2570 8018
2572 8017 2574 8017 2574 8020 2572 8024
2569 8024 2570 8039 2595 8034 2596 8011
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 297DEG 6KT 2590 8016 2583 8032
$$
KOB1 follow-up statement
491
WWUS52 KMFL 152035
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
435 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2012
FLC086-152045-
/O.CON.KMFL.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-120615T2045Z/
MIAMI-DADE FL-
435 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...
AT 431 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM MIAMI TO SOUTH MIAMI...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
THE PUBLIC REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN COCONUT GROVE AND
QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN CORAL GABLES.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE VERY STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58
MPH...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. STAY
INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2580 8012 2573 8014 2571 8014 2570 8018
2572 8017 2574 8017 2574 8020 2572 8024
2569 8024 2570 8039 2595 8034 2596 8011
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 343DEG 15KT 2571 8015 2569 8030
$$
KOBThe 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, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 34 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, 4:18 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.