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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

March 23, 2008Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Mar 23, 2008, 1:13 PM EDT for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 2008, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2008, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Hendry County, FL

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The text

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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 Mar 23, 10:10 AM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 10:10 AM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 23, 9:57 AM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
957 AM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008

FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-240200-
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-
957 AM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008

...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY, SOME STRONG EAST COAST METRO...
...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND URBAN FLOODING POSSIBLE EAST COAST METRO...
...DETERIORATING MARINE CONDITIONS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY,
ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON, WITH THE GREATEST THREAT ACROSS
THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS, AND HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP. A FEW STRONG
STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL DUE TO THE UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE.

FLOODING: LOCALIZED URBAN FLOODING IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY AGAIN
ACROSS PALM BEACH, BROWARD, AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES TODAY. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS TODAY AGAIN COULD EXCEED 3 INCHES IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS. THIS
RAINFALL WOULD LEAD TO STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED
LOCATIONS, ESPECIALLY IF THE HEAVY RAINS HIT THE SAME AREAS THAT
RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL ON SATURDAY.

WATERSPOUTS: THE WIND PROFILE IN THE ATMOSPHERE IS FAVORABLE FOR
WATERSPOUT FORMATION ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND BISCAYNE BAY
TODAY.

WIND: GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH COULD ACCOMPANY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS THIS
AFTERNOON.

HAIL: HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST
STORMS ACROSS THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS TODAY.

TORNADOES: THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT A BRIEF OR WEAK TORNADO
COULD FORM ACROSS THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS, IF A SEA BREEZE CAN
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

MARINE OUTLOOK: WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY ON MONDAY WHILE
STRENGTHENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN RAPIDLY BUILDING SEAS IN THE
GULF STREAM, REACHING 7 TO 8 FEET BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL
CONTINUE VERY HAZARDOUS THROUGH TUESDAY BEFORE IMPROVING ON
WEDNESDAY.

RIP CURRENT OUTLOOK: THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE ALONG
THE ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK AS A STEADY
EASTERLY WIND FLOW DEVELOPS.

TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK: LOW TEMPERATURES MAY DROP INTO THE UPPER 30S
TO LOWER 40S ACROSS GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES TUESDAY MORNING,
WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE MID 30S POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER 2 INCHES, ANY
FLOODING, OR GUSTY WINDS OVER 40 MPH INTO THIS EVENING.

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

STRASSBERG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 23, 1:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 12:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades27 min
Mar 23, 1:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades30 min
Mar 23, 7:36 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL54 min
Mar 23, 10:41 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL53 min
Mar 23, 1:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade46 min
Mar 23, 2:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach39 min
Mar 23, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL41 min
Mar 23, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach52 min
Mar 23, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL54 min
Mar 23, 3:19 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach26 min
Mar 23, 4:02 PM EDTFire Weather WatchMFLBroward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe37 hr
Mar 23, 4:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward66 min
Mar 23, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL49 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.