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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Miami, FL

May 5, 2025Miami-Dade County, Florida

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 5, 2:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2025-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1680 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 2025-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
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

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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

$$

DH
1 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

$$

DH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 7:20 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL25 min
May 5, 12:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL46 min
May 5, 12:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL49 min
May 5, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL24 min
May 5, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach23 min
May 5, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach51 min
May 5, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLMiami-Dade51 min
May 5, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach33 min
May 5, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach28 min
May 5, 2:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLPalm Beach113 min
May 5, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach51 min
May 5, 3:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLPalm Beach2 hr
May 5, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward30 min
May 5, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward11 min
May 5, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward31 min
May 5, 4:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward112 min
May 5, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL51 min
May 5, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade35 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.