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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

October 19, 2007Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Oct 19, 2007, 8:20 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 55 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, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired: Oct 19, 2007, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL

County Palm Beach County, FL

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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, 2:39 PM EDT, 5 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 19, 2:39 PM EDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
239 PM EDT FRI OCT 19 2007

.DISCUSSION...COLD FRONT OVER NORTHERN FLORIDA WILL MOVE SOUTH TO
THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND STALL. WINDS
WILL START TO BRIDGE OVER THE FRONT LATER SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL BE DRAWN NORTHWARD IN RESPONSE TO THE
DIGGING H5 TROUGH WHICH WILL DRIVE THE FRONT SOUTH. GOOD LOW/MID LEVEL
MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WILL INCREASE ALSO. THE H5 TROUGH WILL LIFT
OUT TO THE NORTHEAST SATURDAY AND THE PUSH IS LOST TO DRIVE THE
FRONT ANY FURTHER SOUTH THAN THE LAKE. THE FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH AND
BECOME DIFFUSE BY MONDAY. NUMEROUS POPS WILL BE FORECASTED THROUGH
SATURDAY AND THEN ONLY SCATTERED POPS FOR SUNDAY AND EVEN LESS FOR
THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK. POPS BECOME SCATTERED AGAIN BY THE
WEEKS END AS ANOTHER STRONG TROUGH DIGS INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO
FROM THE MID WEST.

&&

.AVIATION...CONVECTION CONTINUES ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF SOUTH
FLORIDA...WITH TERMINAL KPBI HAVING VICINITY THUNDERSTORMS AND
CONVECTION JUST TO THE SOUTH AND MOVING NORTH NEAR 10 TO 15 MPH WITH
BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
TERMINALS KMIA...KTMB AND KOPF ALL HAVE VICINITY SHOWERS AND MOVING
NORTH JUST TO THEIR WEST. THE POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND OVER NIGHT...WITH ALL SOUTH FLORIDA
TERMINALS HAVING THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF IFR CONDITIONS.

&&

.MARINE...WINDS WILL BE 15 KNOTS OR LESS AND SEAS WILL BE 4 FEET
OR LESS OUTSIDE OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS HERE ATTM.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WEST PALM BEACH  77  87  75  87 / 70 70 40 50
FORT LAUDERDALE  78  87  77  87 / 70 70 40 40
MIAMI            78  88  77  88 / 70 70 40 40
NAPLES           75  88  74  90 / 70 70 50 40

&&

.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
AM...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&

LONG TERM...18/GR
SHORT TERM/AVIATION...60/BD

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 19, 7:55 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 19, 3:20 PM EDT, 5 hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
320 PM EDT FRI OCT 19 2007

FLZ072-074-172-173-192000-
METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL-METROPOLITAN MIAMI DADE FL-
COASTAL BROWARD COUNTY FL-COASTAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL-
320 PM EDT FRI OCT 19 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA...

AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LAUDERHILL TO
HIALEAH GARDENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT...

CAROL CITY...
OPA-LOCKA...
CORAL SPRINGS...
COCONUT CREEK...
IVES ESTATES...
EASTERN PEMBROKE PINES...
EASTERN MIRAMAR...

AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND
BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. LIGHTNING IS THE
NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS
OFFER NO PROTECTION. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM
PASSES.

RESIDENTS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT
FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LAT...LON 2621 8029 2633 8027 2632 8020 2631 8008
      2623 8010 2589 8016 2589 8035
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 211DEG 16KT 2619 8023 2590 8026

STRASSBERG

Special weather statement, Oct 19, 7:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
713 PM EDT FRI OCT 19 2007

FLZ067-200015-
INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
713 PM EDT FRI OCT 19 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA...

AT 713 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
NORTH PALM BEACH GENERAL AIRPORT TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROTENBERGER
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT...

HOLEY LAND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...
CALOOSA...
BELLE GLADE...
LION COUNTRY SAFARI...
ROTENBERGER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...

AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND
BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. LIGHTNING IS THE
NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS
OFFER NO PROTECTION. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM
PASSES.

LAT...LON 2695 8056 2696 8032 2695 8021 2689 8020
      2687 8021 2634 8058 2634 8089
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 228DEG 13KT 2695 8027 2634 8077

STRASSBERG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 19, 9:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		46 min
Oct 19, 9:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	24 min
Oct 19, 10:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		45 min
Oct 20, 1:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Collier	4 hr
Oct 20, 3:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Broward	115 min
Oct 20, 3:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade	2 hr
Oct 20, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		45 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Florida, 2007 Every special weather statement in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.