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Small Craft Advisory 22, NWS Miami, FL

September 7, 2008

NWS Miami, FL issued this small craft advisory at Sep 7, 2008, 12:16 PM EDT. It took effect at Sep 7, 2008, 11:16 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 7, 2008, 12:16 PM EDT (16:16 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 7, 2008, 11:16 PM EDT
Expired: Sep 11, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft 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 small craft advisory went out at Sep 7, 7:40 AM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 7:40 AM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 7, 10:50 AM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1050 AM EDT SUN SEP 7 2008

FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-080000-
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-
1050 AM EDT SUN SEP 7 2008

...ALL SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS ON HURRICANE IKE...
...RIP CURRENT AND TORNADO THREAT WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS WEEK...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RIP CURRENTS: THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS OVER
THE ATLANTIC BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON WITH NORTHEAST WINDS
INCREASING TO 12 TO 17 MPH.

WIND: NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH OVER THE
SOUTHEAST GULFSTREAM WATERS LATER TONIGHT.

WAVES: SEAS WILL INCREASE TO 7 TO 9 FEET LATER TONIGHT IN THE
GULF STREAM DUE TO INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

HURRICANE IKE IS EXPECTED TO TRACK IN A GENERAL WEST TO WEST
NORTHWEST DIRECTION OVER CUBA AND THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME, THE MAIN IMPACTS EXPECTED FOR SOUTH
FLORIDA ARE AS FOLLOWS.

A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS
ALONG ATLANTIC BEACHES MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, AND OVER GULF
COAST BEACHES TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE RISK OF TORNADOES WILL ALSO INCREASE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY
OVER ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF IKE MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED, WITH GENERALLY MINOR URBAN
FLOODING THE PRIMARY IMPACT.

WIND GUSTS TO NEAR TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF
SOUTH FLORIDA IN SOME OF THE STRONGER RAIN BANDS MONDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY.

SEAS WILL BUILD TO 9 TO 12 FEET OVER ATLANTIC WATERS MONDAY AND
TUESDAY, AND TO 9 FEET OVER THE SOUTHWEST GULF WATERS TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY...BUT MAY BE NEEDED
MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

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

MOLLEDA

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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.