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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Miami, FL

February 16, 2021Broward County, Collier County, Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 2021, 6:10 AM EST for Broward County, Collier County, Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 35 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
Feb 16, 2021, 6:10 AM EST (11:10 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2021, 6:45 AM EST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Broward County, FL, Collier County, FL, Hendry County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:09 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 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 00:00Z on 2021-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 985 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 00:00Z on 2021-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
985 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

As transmitted.

394 
WUUS52 KMFL 161110
SVRMFL
FLC011-021-051-161145-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0003.210216T1110Z-210216T1145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Miami FL
610 AM EST Tue Feb 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Collier County in southwestern Florida...
  Southeastern Hendry County in southern Florida...
  Central Broward County in southeastern Florida...

* Until 645 AM EST.

* At 610 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Miccosukee
  Indian Reservation, or 32 miles northeast of Chokoloskee, moving
  northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Miccosukee Indian Reservation, Miccosukee Service Plaza and Big
  Cypress National Preserve.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Miami. You can also share your report with NWS Miami on
Facebook and Twitter.

&&

LAT...LON 2607 8094 2611 8103 2634 8094 2624 8071
TIME...MOT...LOC 1110Z 214DEG 21KT 2614 8096 

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

HVN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 10:53 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade52 min
Feb 15, 11:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier, Miami-Dade, Monroe34 min
Feb 15, 11:17 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward28 min
Feb 15, 11:19 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades56 min
Feb 15, 11:44 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward46 min
Feb 16, 12:04 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward26 min
Feb 16, 12:29 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach46 min
Feb 16, 5:59 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward46 min
Feb 16, 6:23 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLBroward, Collier, Hendry, Palm Beach37 min
Feb 16, 6:46 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach44 min
Feb 16, 6:54 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward51 min
Feb 16, 7:27 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach48 min
Feb 16, 7:42 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward48 min
Feb 16, 8:25 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward50 min
Feb 16, 9:15 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade45 min
Feb 16, 10:16 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL29 min
Feb 16, 10:45 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL30 min
Feb 16, 11:56 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade49 min
Feb 16, 12:37 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade23 min
Feb 16, 12:57 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL48 min
Feb 16, 1:17 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade28 min
Feb 16, 1:57 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL63 min
Feb 16, 2:20 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL55 min
Feb 16, 3:02 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward43 min
Feb 16, 3:31 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade44 min
Feb 16, 3:43 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade3 hr
Feb 16, 4:01 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningMFLMiami-Dade3 hr
Feb 16, 4:16 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward44 min
Feb 16, 4:58 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL62 min
Feb 16, 5:13 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade3 hr
Feb 16, 5:16 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade44 min
Feb 16, 5:49 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward56 min
Feb 16, 6:23 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward67 min
Feb 16, 6:34 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward4 hr
Feb 16, 6:51 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward39 min
Feb 16, 6:59 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade4 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.