Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 16, 2015, 11:17 PM EDT for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 118 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2015, 11:17 PM EDT (03:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2015, 1:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Hendry County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 675 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1067 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
772
WGUS52 KMFL 170317
FFWMFL
FLC051-170515-
/O.NEW.KMFL.FF.W.0001.150417T0317Z-150417T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1117 PM EDT THU APR 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 115 AM EDT
* AT 1112 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 8 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN SOUTHWEST OF CLEWISTON...NEAR AND JUST NORTHWEST OF
MONTURA. FLAGHOLE ROAD...PINE LANE AND SURRENCY ROAD ARE A FEW OF
THE ROADWAYS AND COMMUNITIES CLOSEST TO THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MONTURA AND HARLEM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 2673 8092 2663 8091 2661 8121 2672 8121
$$2 follow-up statements
072 WGUS72 KMFL 170340 FFSMFL FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1140 PM EDT THU APR 16 2015 FLC051-170515- /O.CON.KMFL.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150417T0515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HENDRY FL- 1140 PM EDT THU APR 16 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN HENDRY COUNTY... AT 1133 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 8 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN NEAR OR ON THE NORTHEASTERN SIDE OF MONTURA....WITH 2 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR. STREETS NEAR AND INCLUDING FLAGHOLE ROAD AND STATE ROUTE 833 MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... MONTURA AND HARLEM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 2673 8092 2663 8091 2661 8121 2672 8121 $$
941 WGUS72 KMFL 170505 FFSMFL FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 105 AM EDT FRI APR 17 2015 FLC051-170514- /O.CAN.KMFL.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150417T0515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HENDRY FL- 105 AM EDT FRI APR 17 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HENDRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...BE AWARE THAT HIGH WATER IS STILL POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS IN AND AROUND MONTURA OVERNIGHT. LAT...LON 2673 8092 2663 8091 2661 8121 2672 8121 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 56 min |
| Apr 16, 10:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Hendry | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 7:29 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 31 min | |
| Apr 17, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Martin | 32 min |
| Apr 17, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 30 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.