Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 2015, 2:51 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 24 min. 6 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
- Sep 5, 2015, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2015, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Miami-Dade County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2:51 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 W Kendall, FL | MEASURED AT MIAMI DADE COLLEGE |
| Sep 5, 2:52 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Kendale Lakes, FL | LARGE BRANCH BLOCKING NORTHBOUND SW 112TH AVENUE AT SW 96TH ST ON NORTH SIDE OF MIAMI DADE COLLEGE KENDALL CAMPUS. |
| Sep 5, 2:52 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Kendall, FL | LARGE TREE UPROOTED NEAR SW 106TH AVE AND 99TH ST. |
| Sep 5, 2:52 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Kendall, FL | VERY LARGE MAHOGANY TREE BRANCH BROKE OFF AT SW 107TH COURT AND SW 99TH STREET ON EAST SIDE OF MIAMI DADE COLLEGE KENDALL CAMPUS. |
| Sep 5, 2:52 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 W Kendall, FL | REPORT OF HAIL AND STRONG WINDS RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Sep 5, 2:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Kendale Lakes, FL | LIGHT POLE KNOCKED DOWN ALONG SW 127TH AVENUE NEAR 88TH STREET. REPORT RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 22 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
- 2002 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 846 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 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.
633
WUUS52 KMFL 051851
SVRMFL
FLC086-051915-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0039.150905T1851Z-150905T1915Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
251 PM EDT SAT SEP 5 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT
* AT 251 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED OVER KENDALL. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CORAL GABLES...SOUTH MIAMI...KENDALL...THE REDLAND AND PINECREST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...
IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 2563 8029 2563 8030 2562 8030 2561 8031
2559 8031 2550 8035 2564 8054 2573 8035
2568 8027
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 040DEG 4KT 2566 8036
$$
KONARIK1 follow-up statement
437
WWUS52 KMFL 051916
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
316 PM EDT SAT SEP 5 2015
FLC086-051925-
/O.EXP.KMFL.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150905T1915Z/
MIAMI-DADE FL-
316 PM EDT SAT SEP 5 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 2563 8029 2563 8030 2562 8030 2561 8031
2559 8031 2550 8035 2564 8054 2573 8035
2568 8027
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 040DEG 4KT 2566 8036
$$
KONARIKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 46 min |
| Sep 5, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 42 min |
| Sep 5, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 25 min | |
| Sep 5, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 46 min |
| Sep 5, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 43 min |
| Sep 5, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 52 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.