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Coastal Flood Statement 23, NWS Miami, FL

December 10, 2008Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this coastal flood statement at Dec 10, 2008, 5:04 AM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 10, 2008, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 10, 2008, 5:04 AM EST (10:04 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 10, 2008, 6:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 10, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this coastal flood 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 coastal flood statement went out at Dec 10, 12:31 AM EST, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 12:31 AM EST, 4 hours 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 10, 5:02 AM EST, 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
502 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008

FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-110500-
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-
502 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST TODAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RIP CURRENTS: SOUTHEAST OF 15 TO 20 MPH ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST
WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AT THE BEACHES OF
PALM BEACH, BROWARD, AND MIAMI DADE COUNTIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES AND
INCREASE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER SOUTH FLORIDA EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING. THIS WILL INCREASE THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS TO AROUND
25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST AND OVER THE
COASTAL GULF AND ATLANTIC WATERS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL
PUSH THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO OCCUR ALONG AND AHEAD
OF THIS FRONT. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY BEHIND THE FRONT AND
THIS WILL CAUSE GULF STREAM SEAS TO BUILD INTO THE 7 TO 8 FEET
RANGE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND REMAIN ELEVATED INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 9, 8:40 PM ESTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsMFL7 hr
Dec 10, 5:30 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL57 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Florida, 2008Every coastal flood statement in 2008

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.