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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2016, 5:33 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 27 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, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 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), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
494 WUUS52 KMFL 202133 SVRMFL FLC099-202200- /O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0035.160520T2133Z-160520T2200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 533 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA... * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 533 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BELLE GLADE CAMP...OR OVER BELLE GLADE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WELLINGTON...BELLE GLADE...SOUTH BAY...BELLE GLADE CAMP AND LION COUNTRY SAFARI PARK. 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 2654 8068 2673 8074 2689 8035 2659 8023 TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 254DEG 27KT 2667 8066 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ ALM
2 follow-up statements
563
WWUS52 KMFL 202146
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
546 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2016
FLC099-202200-
/O.CON.KMFL.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160520T2200Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
546 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY...
AT 546 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELLE GLADE...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WELLINGTON...BELLE GLADE...LION COUNTRY SAFARI PARK...
LOXAHATCHEE GROVES AND THE ACREAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 2658 8068 2672 8066 2680 8031 2659 8023
2655 8056
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 279DEG 34KT 2665 8058
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ALM138
WWUS52 KMFL 202157
SVSMFL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
557 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2016
FLC099-202207-
/O.EXP.KMFL.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160520T2200Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
557 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 600 PM 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 GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 2658 8068 2672 8066 2680 8031 2659 8023
2655 8056
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 254DEG 27KT 2665 8058
$$
ALMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 5:45 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 45 min | |
| May 20, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 49 min |
| May 20, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 75 min |
| May 20, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 28 min |
| May 20, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 114 min | |
| May 20, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 56 min |
| May 20, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Hendry, Palm Beach | 39 min |
| May 20, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 73 min |
| May 20, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 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.