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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

March 8, 2008Glades County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Mar 8, 2008, 2:08 AM EST for Glades County, Florida. It was in force for 37 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
Mar 8, 2008, 2:08 AM EST (07:08 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 2008, 2:45 AM EST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Glades County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 00:00Z on 2008-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1196 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2008-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1196 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
773 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

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

000 
WWUS82 KMFL 080710
SPSMFL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
208 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008

FLZ063-066-080745-
HENDRY FL-GLADES FL-
208 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS HENDRY AND GLADES COUNTY...

AT 204 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FELDA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 46 MPH. 
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN A LINE FROM NEAR 
BRIGHTON TO PALMDALE TO LA BELLE.

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT...

LA BELLE...
ORTONA...
LAKEPORT...
MOORE HAVEN...

AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

THE PRIMARY IMPACT WILL BE GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH CAN
DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL
OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

ALSO...THIS STORM IS DEVELOPING IN AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2704 8126 2692 8110 2689 8111 2688 8109
      2686 8108 2685 8109 2683 8106 2682 8101
      2682 8100 2653 8138 2663 8154
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 222DEG 40KT 2663 8140

$$

GREGORIA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 11:52 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL83 min
Mar 8, 1:04 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades56 min
Mar 8, 1:50 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier25 min
Mar 8, 2:17 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier28 min
Mar 8, 2:22 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL83 min
Mar 8, 2:44 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL61 min
Mar 8, 2:46 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier44 min
Mar 8, 3:28 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier32 min
Mar 8, 4:00 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach45 min
Mar 8, 4:05 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier25 min
Mar 8, 4:10 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach50 min
Mar 8, 4:42 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade33 min
Mar 8, 4:55 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach50 min
Mar 8, 5:00 AM ESTMarine Weather StatementMFL11 hr
Mar 8, 6:34 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL56 min
Mar 8, 6:35 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL55 min
Mar 8, 8:40 AM ESTWind AdvisoryMFLBroward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more7 hr
Mar 8, 2:07 PM ESTFrost AdvisoryMFLGlades, Hendry16 hr
Mar 8, 2:33 PM ESTFire Weather WatchMFLCollier12 hr
Mar 8, 2:33 PM ESTRed Flag WarningMFL2 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Florida, 2008Every special weather 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.