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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Miami, FL

May 17, 2016Collier County, Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2016, 11:43 PM EDT for Collier County, Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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: May 17, 2016, 11:43 PM EDT (03:43 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2016, 12:15 AM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Collier County, FL, Hendry County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:43 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 125 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2643 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 5.0

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The text

As transmitted.

144 
WUUS52 KMFL 180343
SVRMFL
FLC021-051-180415-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0028.160518T0343Z-160518T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1143 PM EDT TUE MAY 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT

* AT 1142 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GOLDEN GATE
  ESTATES...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GOLDEN GATE ESTATES...AVE MARIA...WEST TOLL GATE ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...
  HENDRY CORRECTIONAL AND ORANGETREE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 2632 8154 2633 8119 2604 8133 2613 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 275DEG 16KT 2620 8152 

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

BAXTER

1 follow-up statement

388 
WWUS52 KMFL 180409
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1209 AM EDT WED MAY 18 2016

FLC021-051-180419-
/O.EXP.KMFL.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160518T0415Z/
COLLIER FL-HENDRY FL-
1209 AM EDT WED MAY 18 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL COLLIER AND SOUTH
CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 AM EDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MIAMI.

LAT...LON 2632 8154 2633 8119 2604 8133 2613 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 0406Z 275DEG 16KT 2620 8152 

$$

BAXTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 17, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Glades	44 min
May 17, 8:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	56 min
May 17, 9:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Glades, Hendry	3 hr
May 17, 10:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Glades, Hendry	62 min
May 17, 10:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		58 min
May 17, 11:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier, Hendry	55 min
May 17, 11:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Palm Beach	14 min
May 17, 11:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	56 min
May 18, 12:06 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		54 min
May 18, 12:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	52 min
May 18, 12:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	66 min
May 18, 1:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	50 min
May 18, 1:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	39 min
May 18, 3:01 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		89 min
May 18, 3:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	40 min
May 18, 3:25 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Broward	15 min
May 18, 3:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	63 min
May 18, 4:18 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		57 min
May 18, 4:27 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		33 min
May 18, 4:53 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		97 min
May 18, 6:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	36 min
May 18, 6:16 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		59 min
May 18, 6:56 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		64 min
May 18, 7:56 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		64 min
May 18, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	49 min
May 18, 2:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Miami-Dade	117 min
May 18, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Glades	45 min
May 18, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		66 min
May 18, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	65 min
May 18, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	33 min
May 18, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	40 min
May 18, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		51 min
May 18, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	65 min
May 18, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		46 min
May 18, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward, Collier	23 min
May 18, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	46 min
May 18, 3:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Miami-Dade	2 hr
May 18, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward	32 min
May 18, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Palm Beach	23 min
May 18, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward, Palm Beach	41 min
May 18, 4:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Miami-Dade	2 hr
May 18, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		35 min
May 18, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	62 min
May 18, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	54 min
May 18, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Glades	50 min
May 18, 4:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Palm Beach	118 min
May 18, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	47 min
May 18, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		44 min
May 18, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	50 min
May 18, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward, Palm Beach	19 min
May 18, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	63 min
May 18, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Hendry	46 min
May 18, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		44 min
May 18, 7:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Glades	3 hr
May 18, 7:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Glades	23 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.