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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Miami, FL

May 20, 2016Glades County, Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2016, 4:17 PM EDT for Glades County, Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 28 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 20, 2016, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 2016, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2016-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1254 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, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1254 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
940 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

899 
WUUS52 KMFL 202017
SVRMFL
FLC043-051-202045-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0033.160520T2017Z-160520T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
417 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL GLADES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA...
  NORTHWESTERN HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 417 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF PORT LA BELLE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  LABELLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LABELLE...DEVILS GARDEN...FELDA...PORT LA BELLE AND KERI. 

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2652 8145 2675 8150 2684 8115 2657 8110
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 264DEG 4KT 2666 8130 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

ALM
1 follow-up statement
236 
WWUS52 KMFL 202041
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
441 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2016

FLC043-051-202050-
/O.EXP.KMFL.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160520T2045Z/
GLADES FL-HENDRY FL-
441 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GLADES AND
NORTHWESTERN HENDRY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM EDT...
        
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 2652 8145 2675 8150 2684 8115 2657 8110
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 264DEG 4KT 2666 8130 

$$

ALM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 5:45 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL45 min
May 20, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach49 min
May 20, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry75 min
May 20, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL114 min
May 20, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Palm Beach56 min
May 20, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLHendry, Palm Beach39 min
May 20, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach27 min
May 20, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Palm Beach73 min
May 20, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr

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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.