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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Miami, FL

July 18, 2024Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2024, 1:34 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 2024, 1:34 PM EDT (17:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
26 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), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 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

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 227 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2024-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1861 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2024-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1861 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
761 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 18, 12:36 PM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 12:36 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 9:34 AM EDT, 4 hours before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Miami FL
934 AM EDT Thu Jul 18 2024

AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676-
190200-
Lake Okeechobee-Biscayne Bay-
Coastal waters from Jupiter Inlet to Deerfield Beach FL out 20 NM-
Coastal waters from Deerfield Beach to Ocean Reef FL out 20 NM-
Waters from Jupiter Inlet to Deerfield Beach FL from 20 to 60 NM-
Waters from Deerfield Beach to Ocean Reef FL from 20 to 60 NM
excluding the territorial waters of Bahamas-Glades-Hendry-
Inland Palm Beach County-Metro Palm Beach County-
Coastal Collier County-Inland Collier County-Inland Broward County-
Metro Broward County-Inland Miami-Dade County-
Metropolitan Miami Dade-Mainland Monroe-Coastal Palm Beach County-
Coastal Broward County-Coastal Miami Dade County-Far South Miami-
Dade County-
Coastal waters from Chokoloskee to Bonita Beach FL out 20 NM-
Coastal waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee FL out 20 NM-
Waters from Chokoloskee to Bonita Beach FL from 20 to 60 NM-
934 AM EDT Thu Jul 18 2024

...Heat Advisory Today for Miami-Dade And Broward Counties...
...Scattered To Numerous Storms Today Especially Interior/West...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters,
southeast Florida, southern Florida, southwest Florida and Gulf of
Mexico.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Thunderstorms: Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected
today, especially this afternoon and early evening over the interior
and west coast metro areas. Frequent lightning, gusty winds, and
locally heavy rains are the main threats.

Heat: Peak heat indices will range between 105 to 107 through the
early evening hours across most areas. The highest values will
remain over the southeastern areas of South Florida where a Heat
Advisory remains in effect through this evening.

Flooding: There could be some minor flooding in low lying and flood
prone areas from thunderstorms today.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Scattered thunderstorms will continue to be possible each day
through the rest of the week and this upcoming weekend. The
strongest storms could produce gusty winds, frequent lightning, and
heavy downpours.

Heat indices could continue to rise to near or in excess of advisory
thresholds each day the rest of the week and this weekend. Thus,
further heat advisories may be necessary.

An elevated risk of rip currents is possible this weekend as
easterly
flow increases.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

Baxter

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 18, 12:38 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 1:08 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 8:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry23 min
Jul 18, 1:46 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryMFLBroward, Miami-Dade16 hr
Jul 18, 11:54 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL20 min
Jul 18, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach37 min
Jul 18, 1:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach25 min
Jul 18, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry45 min
Jul 18, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades43 min
Jul 18, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades42 min
Jul 18, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward36 min
Jul 18, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades29 min
Jul 18, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward37 min
Jul 18, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades24 min
Jul 18, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward53 min

Nearby

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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.