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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

October 19, 2007Martin County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Oct 19, 2007, 1:45 PM EDT for Martin County, Florida. It was in force for 45 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
Oct 19, 2007, 1:45 PM EDT (17:45 UTC)
Expired
Oct 19, 2007, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Martin County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 2007-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2436 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2007-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
2436 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Oct 19, 10:13 AM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 19, 10:13 AM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 19, 9:04 AM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
904 AM EDT FRI OCT 19 2007

FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-200045-
GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-
INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-
METRO MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH-
COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE-
845 AM EDT FRI OCT 19 2007

...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STORMS THIS AFTERNOON...
...MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE OVER THE INTERIOR AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...
...HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO 110 OVER THE INTERIOR AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP
LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS OVER ALL OF SOUTH
FLORIDA, BEFORE DECEASING TO ISOLATED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
THE MAIN IMPACTS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING STRIKES,
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL, AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH. IF YOU SEE
LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER MOVE INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED
BY.

FLOODING: THERE COULD BE SOME MINOR FLOODING IN THE LOW LYING AND
POORLY DRAINED AREAS OVER THE INLAND AND INTERIOR AREAS OF SOUTH
FLORIDA TODAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SEE WATER COVERING THE ROADWAY, DO NOT DRIVE
THROUGH IT. TURN AROUND, DO NOT DROWN.

TEMPERATURES: TEMPERATURES WILL WARM UP INTO THE LOWER 90S OVER
THE INTERIOR AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE DEW
POINTS WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE
HEAT INDICES TO GET UP INTO THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE THIS
AFTERNOON FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.

RIP CURRENTS: WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS IN THE RANGE OF 10 TO 15 MPH
AND LOW TIDE THIS MORNING, THERE IS SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH
FLORIDA EACH DAY WITH THE RISK OF LIGHTNING STRIKES. THERE COULD
ALSO BE AN INCREASE IN RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES
OF SOUTH FLORIDA EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS THE WINDS BECOME EASTERLY AT
10 TO 15 MPH ALONG WITH LOW TIDE DURING THE DAY HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 19, 1:45 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
145 PM EDT FRI OCT 19 2007

FLZ067-068-168-191830-
INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
145 PM EDT FRI OCT 19 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS THE AREA...

AT 138 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NORTH PALM BEACH GENERAL AIRPORT...MOVING
NORTH AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT...

JUPITER FARMS...
PHILO FARMS...
TEQUESTA...

AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

THE MAIN IMPACTS WILL BE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND HEAVY
RAIN. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS NEAR TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. LIGHTNING
IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN
SHELTERS OFFER NO PROTECTION. GET INDOORS NOW

LAT...LON 2700 8024 2700 8019 2700 8006 2695 8004
      2677 8013 2683 8027
TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 201DEG 16KT 2688 8017

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 19, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward40 min
Oct 19, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach62 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.