Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2012, 5:32 PM EDT for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Hendry County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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, 5:48 PM EDT | HAIL 2.75 | 11 S Devils Garden, FL | BASEBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED NEAR SR 833 AND SR 846 IN HENDRY COUNTY. |
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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 107 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.
528 WUUS52 KMFL 152132 SVRMFL FLC051-152200- /O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0090.120615T2132Z-120615T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 532 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 527 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 5 MILES SOUTH OF DEVILS GARDEN...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * THE STORM WILL AFFECT... RURAL CENTRAL HENDRY 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA. && LAT...LON 2641 8092 2631 8124 2660 8126 2664 8107 TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 348DEG 5KT 2653 8114 $$ GARCIA
2 follow-up statements
444 WWUS52 KMFL 152148 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 548 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2012 FLC051-152200- /O.CON.KMFL.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-120615T2200Z/ HENDRY FL- 548 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTY... AT 545 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF DEVILS GARDEN...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE VERY STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2641 8092 2631 8124 2660 8126 2664 8107 TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 348DEG 5KT 2651 8113 $$ GARCIA
429 WWUS52 KMFL 152153 SVSMFL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 553 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2012 FLC051-152200- /O.CON.KMFL.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-120615T2200Z/ HENDRY FL- 553 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTY... AT 549 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF DEVILS GARDEN...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF SR 833 AND SR 846 IN HENDRY COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE VERY STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...HAIL OF UP TO BASEBALL SIZE OR LARGER...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2641 8092 2631 8124 2660 8126 2664 8107 TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 348DEG 5KT 2650 8113 $$ GARCIA
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, 2:41 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, 4:16 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, 5:42 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.