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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Miami, FL

January 27, 2016Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 27, 2016, 9:20 AM EST for Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 25 min. 2 reports 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 27, 2016, 9:20 AM EST (14:20 UTC)
Expired
Jan 27, 2016, 9:45 AM EST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Broward County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:23 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 27, 9:30 AM ESTTORNADO2 Se Coconut Creek, FL*** 1 INJ *** REPORTS FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES OF DAMAGE FROM AN APPARENT TORNADO IN THE WYNMOOR BROWARD COLLEGE NORTH CAMPUS AREAS. A FEW CARS LIFTED AND FLIPPED OVER... SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED AS WELL AS POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN THE
Jan 27, 9:35 AM ESTTORNADO2 Se Coconut Creek, FLTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN INDUSTRIAL PARK AT 1700 BLOCK OF BLOUNT ROAD IN POMPANO BEACH. MEDIA REPORTS ALSO SHOW VEHICLE DAMAGE IN THIS AREA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 2016-01-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 583 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 2016-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
583 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

As transmitted.

813 
WUUS52 KMFL 271420
SVRMFL
FLC011-099-271445-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0005.160127T1420Z-160127T1445Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
920 AM EST WED JAN 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA...
  SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 945 AM EST

* AT 920 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH
  LAUDERDALE...OR OVER TAMARAC...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FORT LAUDERDALE...CORAL SPRINGS...POMPANO BEACH...PLANTATION AND
  SUNRISE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

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

&&

LAT...LON 2636 8007 2617 8010 2619 8010 2617 8011
      2613 8025 2623 8032 2645 8006
TIME...MOT...LOC 1420Z 232DEG 27KT 2621 8023 

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

DD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 3:52 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier38 min
Jan 27, 4:08 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL15 hr
Jan 27, 4:27 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier48 min
Jan 27, 4:38 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL37 min
Jan 27, 4:48 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL27 min
Jan 27, 5:02 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier43 min
Jan 27, 5:14 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL31 min
Jan 27, 5:17 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLCollier, Monroe28 min
Jan 27, 5:24 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier, Hendry51 min
Jan 27, 5:38 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe37 min
Jan 27, 5:42 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL48 min
Jan 27, 5:45 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLCollier, Monroe30 min
Jan 27, 5:57 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier48 min
Jan 27, 6:15 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLMonroe30 min
Jan 27, 6:26 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward49 min
Jan 27, 6:36 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL24 min
Jan 27, 6:51 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe39 min
Jan 27, 7:17 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Palm Beach43 min
Jan 27, 7:56 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Palm Beach49 min
Jan 27, 8:04 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL41 min
Jan 27, 8:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach31 min
Jan 27, 8:48 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL57 min
Jan 27, 8:49 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach26 min
Jan 27, 9:00 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward45 min
Jan 27, 9:27 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach33 min
Jan 27, 9:51 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL54 min
Jan 27, 10:17 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward58 min
Jan 27, 10:22 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward53 min
Jan 27, 10:23 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL37 min
Jan 27, 10:32 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward43 min
Jan 27, 10:43 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward, Palm Beach3 hr
Jan 27, 10:47 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL58 min
Jan 27, 10:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach42 min
Jan 27, 11:08 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL37 min
Jan 27, 11:15 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach30 min
Jan 27, 11:17 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLCollier3 hr
Jan 27, 11:35 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier40 min
Jan 27, 11:46 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier29 min
Jan 27, 11:49 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward56 min
Jan 27, 11:55 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLCollier35 min
Jan 27, 11:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach34 min
Jan 27, 12:01 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL89 min
Jan 27, 12:10 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward50 min
Jan 27, 12:16 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier44 min
Jan 27, 12:46 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry59 min
Jan 27, 1:22 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL83 min
Jan 27, 1:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward35 min
Jan 27, 1:33 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Palm Beach57 min
Jan 27, 1:39 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward, Palm Beach3 hr
Jan 27, 2:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach29 min
Jan 27, 2:36 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward39 min
Jan 27, 2:45 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL90 min
Jan 27, 2:51 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward54 min
Jan 27, 3:16 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL89 min
Jan 27, 3:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach26 min
Jan 27, 3:22 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward38 min
Jan 27, 3:29 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL46 min
Jan 27, 3:40 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward65 min
Jan 27, 4:10 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward, Palm Beach3 hr
Jan 27, 4:12 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL93 min
Jan 27, 4:16 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL44 min
Jan 27, 4:18 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward27 min
Jan 27, 4:31 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL44 min
Jan 27, 4:34 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL56 min
Jan 27, 4:53 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier52 min
Jan 27, 4:55 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL50 min
Jan 27, 5:04 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLCollier3 hr
Jan 27, 5:23 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL52 min
Jan 27, 6:04 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier56 min
Jan 27, 6:18 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL57 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.