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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 2016, 6:51 AM EST for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 8 min. 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
- Feb 16, 2016, 6:51 AM EST (11:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2016, 6:59 AM EST
- In force
- 8 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 6:52 AM EST | TSTM WND GST 49 | 2 Ese Haverhill, FL | A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A WIND GUST OF 49 MPH AT PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT |
| Feb 16, 6:53 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nnw West Palm Beach, FL | LARGE BRANCHES DOWN AROUND ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. RADAR ESTIMATED WINDS IN THE AREA OF 60 TO 70 MPH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2:19 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 636 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted.
390
WUUS52 KMFL 161151
SVRMFL
FLC099-161215-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0013.160216T1151Z-160216T1215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
651 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 715 AM EST
* AT 651 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST PALM
BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. ST TUE FEB 16 2016
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST PALM BEACH...RIVIERA BEACH...PALM BEACH...CLOUD LAKE AND PALM
BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2666 8003 2666 8004 2671 8004 2671 8005
2666 8005 2666 8011 2676 8011 2678 8003
2677 8003 2677 8005 2672 8005 2676 8004
2672 8003
TIME...MOT...LOC 1151Z 260DEG 46KT 2672 8008
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KS2 follow-up statements
644
WWUS52 KMFL 161153
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
653 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
FLC099-161215-
/O.CON.KMFL.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160216T1215Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
653 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM EST
FOR NORTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY...
AT 652 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST PALM
BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST PALM BEACH...RIVIERA BEACH...PALM BEACH...CLOUD LAKE AND PALM BEACH
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2666 8003 2666 8004 2671 8004 2671 8005
2666 8005 2666 8011 2676 8011 2678 8003
2677 8003 2677 8005 2672 8005 2676 8004
2672 8003
TIME...MOT...LOC 1152Z 260DEG 46KT 2672 8007
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KS831
WWUS52 KMFL 161159
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
659 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
FLC099-161208-
/O.CAN.KMFL.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160216T1215Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
659 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2666 8003 2666 8004 2671 8004 2671 8005
2666 8005 2666 8011 2676 8011 2678 8003
2677 8003 2677 8005 2672 8005 2676 8004
2672 8003
TIME...MOT...LOC 1157Z 260DEG 46KT 2673 7998
$$
KSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 3:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 39 min |
| Feb 16, 3:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry | 55 min |
| Feb 16, 3:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Glades | 32 min |
| Feb 16, 4:00 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 30 min |
| Feb 16, 4:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 43 min |
| Feb 16, 4:29 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 31 min |
| Feb 16, 4:39 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 81 min | |
| Feb 16, 4:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry | 89 min |
| Feb 16, 4:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 32 min |
| Feb 16, 6:01 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 29 min |
| Feb 16, 6:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 58 min |
| Feb 16, 6:21 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 114 min | |
| Feb 16, 6:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 36 min |
| Feb 16, 6:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 27 min |
| Feb 16, 7:07 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 11 min |
| Feb 16, 7:13 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 6 min |
| Feb 16, 7:23 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 37 min |
| Feb 16, 7:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 24 min |
| Feb 16, 7:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 21 min |
| Feb 16, 7:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 12 min |
| Feb 16, 8:10 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 95 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.