Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this flash flood warning at May 3, 2013, 5:47 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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
- May 3, 2013, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2013, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 6:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Wnw Pompano Beach Air, FL | VEHICLES STALLED NEAR INTERSECTION OF W COPANS RD AND POWERLINE RD. |
| May 3, 6:09 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Wnw Pompano Beach, FL | PATROL CAR STALLED OUT AT THE INTERSECTION OF NW 27TH AVE AND NW 9TH STREET. |
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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 741 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
679 WGUS52 KMFL 032147 FFWMFL FLC011-040030- /O.NEW.KMFL.FF.W.0003.130503T2147Z-130504T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 547 PM EDT FRI MAY 3 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA... * UNTIL 830 PM EDT * AT 544 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS CENTERED AROUND THE COCONUT CREEK AND POMPANO BEACH AREAS. RAINFALL RATES ARE PROJECTED TO BE AROUND 6 INCHES PER HOUR. RADAR INDICATES THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN JUST WITHIN THE PAST HALF HOUR. THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RATES, ALONG WITH THE SATURATED GROUND FROM THE RAINS OF THE PAST FEW DAYS, WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... POMPANO BEACH AND COCONUT CREEK. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED AS THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NEARLY STATIONARY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. && LAT...LON 2628 8010 2620 8011 2620 8020 2628 8019 $$ GREGORIA
3 follow-up statements
111 WGUS72 KMFL 032216 FFSMFL FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 616 PM EDT FRI MAY 3 2013 FLC011-040030- /O.CON.KMFL.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130504T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BROWARD FL- 616 PM EDT FRI MAY 3 2013 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY... AT 610 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG WEST COPANS ROAD BETWEEN INTERSTATE 95 AND THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE. STALLED VEHICLES DUE TO SERIOUS FLOODING WAS REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COPANS AND POWERLINE ROAD. ALSO, THE BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A PATROL CAR STALLING OUT ON NW 27TH AVENUE AND NW 9TH STREET. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN IS ENDING, RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO STREET FLOODING ACROSS THE COCONUT CREEK AND POMPANO BEACH AREAS, ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED STRUCTURAL FLOODING. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COCONUT CREEK AND POMPANO BEACH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. && LAT...LON 2628 8010 2620 8011 2620 8020 2628 8019 $$ GREGORIA
833 WGUS72 KMFL 032250 FFSMFL FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 650 PM EDT FRI MAY 3 2013 FLC011-040030- /O.CON.KMFL.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130504T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BROWARD FL- 650 PM EDT FRI MAY 3 2013 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY... AT 644 PM EDT...ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED, FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE RECENT TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. POMPANO BEACH LAW ENFORCEMENT JUST REPORTED THAT THE INTERSECTION OF COPANS ROAD AND POWERLINE ROAD IS COMPLETELY FLOODED WITH VEHICLES STALLED OUT. ALSO FLOODED IS POWERLINE ROAD BETWEEN NW 15TH STREET AND COPANS ROAD. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COCONUT CREEK AND POMPANO BEACH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 2628 8010 2620 8011 2620 8020 2628 8019 $$ GREGORIA
064 WGUS72 KMFL 032347 FFSMFL FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 747 PM EDT FRI MAY 3 2013 FLC011-032353- /O.CAN.KMFL.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130504T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BROWARD FL- 747 PM EDT FRI MAY 3 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY... FLOOD WATERS CONTINUE TO RECEDE. POMPANO BEACH LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT THE FLOOD WATERS ACROSS THE AREA CONTINUE TO IMPROVE, ALTHOUGH THERE IS STILL SOME STANDING WATER AT THE INTERSECTION OF COPANS AND POWERLINE. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. DRIVE WITH CAUTION. LAT...LON 2628 8010 2620 8011 2620 8020 2628 8019 $$ GREGORIA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 59 min | |
| May 3, 1:12 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more | 7 hr |
| May 3, 2:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 84 min | |
| May 3, 3:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 2 hr |
| May 3, 3:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 41 min |
| May 3, 3:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Martin | 44 min |
| May 3, 3:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 30 min |
| May 3, 3:42 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 93 min | |
| May 3, 5:09 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 96 min | |
| May 3, 5:10 AM EDT | Flood Watch | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 15 hr |
| May 3, 6:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 93 min | |
| May 3, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 24 min | |
| May 3, 3:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 2 hr |
| May 3, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 59 min | |
| May 3, 5:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward | 2 hr |
| May 3, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 61 min | |
| May 3, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 33 min |
| May 3, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 66 min | |
| May 3, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 18 min |
| May 3, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Martin | 23 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.