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Dense Smoke Advisory 8, NWS Miami, FL

May 17, 2008Glades County, Hendry County, Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this dense smoke advisory at May 17, 2008, 12:59 AM EDT for Glades County, Hendry County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 17, 2008, 12:59 AM EDT (04:59 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2008, 10:00 AM EDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL

Counties Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:04 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 dense smoke advisory 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 dense smoke advisory went out at May 16, 9:44 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 9:44 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 17, 3:59 PM EDT	Dense Smoke Advisory	MFL	Broward, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach	18 hr

Nearby

Dense Smoke Advisories in Florida, 2008 Every dense smoke advisory 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.