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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Miami, FL

January 15, 2016Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 15, 2016, 3:30 PM EST for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 12 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
Jan 15, 2016, 3:30 PM EST (20:30 UTC)
Expired
Jan 15, 2016, 3:42 PM EST
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 15, 3:33 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGKey Biscayne, FLTREE BLOCKING THE ROAD ON THE 500 BLOCK OF RIDGEWOOD ROAD. RADAR ESTIMATED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH IN THE VICINITY.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 15, 10:35 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 19 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, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-01-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 247 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-01-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 297 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
247 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
386 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

As transmitted.

310 
WUUS52 KMFL 152030
SVRMFL
FLC086-152100-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0002.160115T2030Z-160115T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
330 PM EST FRI JAN 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 400 PM EST

* AT 330 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER KEY
  BISCAYNE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KEY BISCAYNE.

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 500 PM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2570 8016 2567 8015 2567 8016 2568 8016
      2569 8018 2570 8017 2571 8017 2571 8016
      2573 8016 2573 8015 2572 8015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 265DEG 40KT 2569 8016 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KONARIK
1 follow-up statement
282 
WWUS52 KMFL 152042
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
342 PM EST FRI JAN 15 2016

FLC086-152052-
/O.CAN.KMFL.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160115T2100Z/
MIAMI-DADE FL-
342 PM EST FRI JAN 15 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2570 8016 2567 8015 2567 8016 2568 8016
      2569 8018 2570 8017 2571 8017 2571 8016
      2573 8016 2573 8015 2572 8015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 265DEG 40KT 2570 8001 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 15, 3:38 AM ESTRip Current StatementMFLBroward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach12 hr
Jan 15, 7:35 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL25 min
Jan 15, 7:37 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe53 min
Jan 15, 8:06 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach54 min
Jan 15, 8:11 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier, Glades, Hendry, Monroe64 min
Jan 15, 9:45 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades, Hendry60 min
Jan 15, 10:55 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades, Hendry95 min
Jan 15, 11:18 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL42 min
Jan 15, 11:20 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL40 min
Jan 15, 11:22 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier, Glades, Hendry38 min
Jan 15, 11:30 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLCollier, Glades, Hendry45 min
Jan 15, 11:47 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL43 min
Jan 15, 12:10 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier, Hendry50 min
Jan 15, 12:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier, Hendry41 min
Jan 15, 12:28 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL32 min
Jan 15, 12:31 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL44 min
Jan 15, 12:42 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach48 min
Jan 15, 12:50 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach25 min
Jan 15, 1:02 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier43 min
Jan 15, 1:11 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach34 min
Jan 15, 1:14 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL31 min
Jan 15, 1:28 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach32 min
Jan 15, 1:45 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 min
Jan 15, 1:50 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Monroe40 min
Jan 15, 1:58 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL32 min
Jan 15, 1:58 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach32 min
Jan 15, 2:12 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL63 min
Jan 15, 2:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward48 min
Jan 15, 2:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade32 min
Jan 15, 2:46 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL29 min
Jan 15, 2:52 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL23 min
Jan 15, 3:01 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade29 min
Jan 15, 3:17 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL43 min
Jan 15, 3:26 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade34 min
Jan 15, 3:31 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL29 min
Jan 15, 3:47 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL28 min
Jan 15, 4:04 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL56 min
Jan 15, 4:52 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL53 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.