Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2013, 8:15 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2013, 8:15 AM EDT (12:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 1190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 495 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
845
WGUS52 KMFL 291215
FFWMFL
FLC099-291500-
/O.NEW.KMFL.FF.W.0007.130529T1215Z-130529T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
815 AM EDT WED MAY 29 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
* AT 811 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES
AND RAIN GAGES INDICATED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
FROM BOYNTON BEACH TO THE ACREAGE. BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED
FLOODING IN HOMES IN THE ACREAGE...AND OTHER REPORTS OF FLOODING
HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM BOYNTON BEACH.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BOYNTON BEACH...DELRAY BEACH...LAKE WORTH...WEST PALM BEACH...
GOLDEN LAKES...GREENACRES CITY...HAVERHILL...LION COUNTRY SAFARI...
OCEAN RIDGE...PALM BEACH...ROYAL PALM BEACH...VILLAGE OF GOLF AND
WELLINGTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 2655 8004 2644 8006 2668 8041 2692 8036
2675 8002 2663 8003 2662 8004 2661 8003
2660 8004 2659 8003 2655 8003
$$
KONARIKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 10:12 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 6 hr | |
| May 29, 7:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 113 min |
| May 29, 2:29 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 42 hr | |
| May 29, 3:43 PM EDT | Flood Watch | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 19 hr |
| May 29, 4:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 115 min |
| May 29, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 46 min |
| May 29, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 111 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.