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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Miami, FL

May 10, 2015Glades County, Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2015, 4:33 PM EDT for Glades County, Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 42 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
May 10, 2015, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2015, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 10, 4:40 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Ortona, FL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2015-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2015-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1350 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

058 
WUUS52 KMFL 102033
SVRMFL
FLC043-051-102115-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0013.150510T2033Z-150510T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
433 PM EDT SUN MAY 10 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN GLADES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA...
  NORTH CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 432 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER ORTONA...OR 8 MILES EAST OF
  LABELLE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LABELLE...PALMDALE...ORTONA AND PORT LA BELLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE
TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 2679 8118 2669 8132 2681 8149 2698 8128
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 135DEG 2KT 2677 8131 

$$

KM
1 follow-up statement
767 
WWUS52 KMFL 102112
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
512 PM EDT SUN MAY 10 2015

FLC043-051-102122-
/O.EXP.KMFL.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150510T2115Z/
GLADES FL-HENDRY FL-
512 PM EDT SUN MAY 10 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN GLADES AND NORTH
CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM EDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 2679 8118 2669 8132 2681 8149 2698 8128
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 135DEG 2KT 2677 8131 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach45 min
May 9, 8:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach20 min
May 9, 8:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL50 min
May 9, 9:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL53 min
May 10, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier39 min
May 10, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades38 min
May 10, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier47 min
May 10, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier43 min
May 10, 4:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLGlades3 hr
May 10, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe49 min
May 10, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier44 min
May 10, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry48 min
May 10, 4:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLGlades3 hr
May 10, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier42 min
May 10, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry67 min
May 10, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier58 min
May 10, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier68 min
May 10, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry43 min
May 10, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL40 min
May 10, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry40 min
May 10, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry46 min
May 10, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades55 min
May 10, 7:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL33 min
May 10, 7:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL54 min
May 10, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades30 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.