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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Miami, FL

May 23, 2016Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2016, 3:23 PM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 52 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 23, 2016, 3:23 PM EDT (19:23 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Collier County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 2016-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 147 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 2016-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
147 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-252 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

330 
WUUS52 KMFL 231923
SVRMFL
FLC021-232015-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0036.160523T1923Z-160523T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
323 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 323 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE TO
  NEAR OCHOPEE...MOVING EAST AT 5 TO 10 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...
  DADE-COLLIER TRAINING AIRPORT...BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE AND
  COPELAND.

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 THESE STORMS. 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 2598 8140 2607 8088 2585 8087 2588 8125
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 272DEG 10KT 2598 8095 2595 8128 

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

BAXTER
2 follow-up statements
803 
WWUS52 KMFL 231941
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
341 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2016

FLC021-232015-
/O.CON.KMFL.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160523T2015Z/
COLLIER FL-
341 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLLIER COUNTY...

AT 341 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF DADE-COLLIER TRAINING AIRPORT TO NEAR
OCHOPEE...MOVING EAST AT 10 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...
DADE-COLLIER TRAINING AIRPORT...BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE AND
COPELAND.

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 THESE STORMS.
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 2598 8139 2607 8088 2585 8087 2588 8125
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 272DEG 10KT 2598 8090 2595 8123 

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

BAXTER
995 
WWUS52 KMFL 232011
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
411 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2016

FLC021-232020-
/O.EXP.KMFL.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160523T2015Z/
COLLIER FL-
411 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLLIER COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM EDT...
            
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE 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 THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

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

LAT...LON 2598 8139 2607 8088 2585 8087 2588 8125
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 272DEG 10KT 2598 8090 2595 8123 

$$

BAXTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 10:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL35 min
May 23, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier46 min
May 23, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe58 min
May 23, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward65 min
May 23, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade66 min
May 23, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLMiami-Dade36 min
May 23, 7:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL24 min
May 23, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade63 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.