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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2025, 2:15 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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 5, 2025, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2025, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Miami-Dade County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 1680 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 741 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
977
WUUS52 KMFL 051815
SVRMFL
FLC086-051845-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0021.250505T1815Z-250505T1845Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Miami FL
215 PM EDT Mon May 5 2025
The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Miami-Dade County in southeastern Florida...
* Until 245 PM EDT.
* At 215 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fortymile
Bend, or 23 miles northwest of The Redland, moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is possible. Wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees is also possible.
* Locations impacted include...
Fortymile Bend.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 2568 8069 2575 8087 2588 8087 2583 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 283DEG 10KT 2578 8077
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
DH1 follow-up statement
743
WWUS52 KMFL 051826
SVSMFL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Miami FL
226 PM EDT Mon May 5 2025
FLC086-051845-
/O.CON.KMFL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250505T1845Z/
Miami-Dade FL-
226 PM EDT Mon May 5 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...
At 226 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fortymile Bend,
or 21 miles northwest of The Redland, moving southeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Fortymile Bend.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 2574 8085 2586 8077 2583 8057 2568 8069
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 297DEG 9KT 2576 8075
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
DHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:20 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 25 min | |
| May 5, 12:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 46 min | |
| May 5, 12:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 49 min | |
| May 5, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 24 min | |
| May 5, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 23 min |
| May 5, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 51 min |
| May 5, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 51 min |
| May 5, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 33 min |
| May 5, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 28 min |
| May 5, 2:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 113 min |
| May 5, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 51 min |
| May 5, 3:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 2 hr |
| May 5, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 30 min |
| May 5, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 11 min |
| May 5, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 31 min |
| May 5, 4:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward | 112 min |
| May 5, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 51 min | |
| May 5, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 35 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.