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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

June 10, 2008Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2008, 5:13 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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
Jun 10, 2008, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2008, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Palm Beach County, FL

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 10, 3:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 3:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
304 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

.DISCUSSION...LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS CONTINUES TO SHOW ATLANTIC
RIDGE ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA WITH LOW LEVEL LIGHT EASTERLY FLOW
ACROSS THE AREA. UPR AIR ANALYSIS AND WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS UPR
LEVEL LOW ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA WITH PLENTY OF AFTERNOON STRONG
CONVECTION ACROSS THAT AREA. ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA...LATEST ACARS
DATA REVEALS CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS HAVE NOT CHANGED MUCH FROM THIS
MORNING AND ALTHOUGH UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE IS NOT AS GOOD AS ONE
WOULD LIKE IT FOR STRONG TSTMS...THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD STILL
SUPPORT SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH A FEW STRONG MAINLY ALONG THE
EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA AND THE ADJACENT NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC
COASTAL WATERS. THE MAIN TRIGGERING MECHANISMS SHOULD BE SEA
BREEZES AND TSTM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO
LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS IT WINDS DOWN.

THEN FOR THE SHORT RANGE WHICH COVERS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT...UPR LEVEL LOW IS FCST TO REMAIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN
FLORIDA PENINSULA AS IT WEAKENS WITH LARGE SCALE RIDGE ALL AROUND
THIS WEAKNESS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. PRECIPITABLE WATER OVER THE NEXT
TWO DAYS WILL NOT CHANGE MUCH BUT GIVEN THIS SCENARIO THE STEERING
FLOW WILL WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY. THE RESULT WILL BE SCATTERED TO
LOCALLY NUMEROUS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH ABOUT EQUAL CHANCES ACROSS MUCH OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA.
BOUNDARY LAKER FLOW WILL REMAIN EASTERLY SO OVERNIGHT/MORNING
COASTAL SHOWERS ALONG EAST COAST ARE STILL POSSIBLE AND ACROSS
MUCH OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS. NO SIGNIFICANT
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL TEMPS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...EARLY PART OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD...
REMNANTS OF UPR LVL LOW SHOULD BE GONE BY THEN WITH MID AND LOW
LEVEL RIDGE PUSHING A BIT OF DRIER AIR DOWN THE PENINSULA WITH
RAIN CHANCES DROPPING A BIT BUT STILL LOW END SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ALONG INTERIOR AND WEST COAST DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SUNDAY MARKS A TRANSITIONS POINT.
LATEST GFS AS WELL AS GFS ENSEMBLE CONTINUE TO HINT AN UPR LEVEL
THROUGH MOVING INTO THE SOUTHEAST WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS SHIFTING BACK TOWARDS THE INTERIOR AND EAST COAST BY
THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. AGAIN...NO SIGNIFICANT TEMP
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THROUGHOUT THE
EXTENDED GIVEN TRANSITIONAL NATURE OF UPPER LEVEL FLOW.

&&

.MARINE...WIND AND SEAS SHOULD REMAIN AT OR BELOW EVEN EXERCISE
CAUTION LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD OR NEXT 5 DAYS (LESS
THAN 15 KNOTS AND 6 FEET RESPECTIVELY).

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS AT THIS TIME AS LOW LEVEL FLOW
REMAINS LIGHT AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL
VALUES NEXT TWO DAYS. OVERNIGHT MIX OF SMOKE AND FOG WILL CONTINUE TO
BE AROUND FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS IN AREAS WEST OF
LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WEST PALM BEACH  73  89  74  87 / 30 50 30 50
FORT LAUDERDALE  75  88  75  86 / 30 50 30 50
MIAMI            75  89  76  88 / 30 50 30 50
NAPLES           72  90  73  90 / 20 50 20 50

&&

.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
AM...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&

LONG TERM...52/PS
SHORT TERM/AVIATION...04/AT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 4:55 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
455 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-110300-
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-
455 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...
...DENSE FOG/SMOKE POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
COASTAL WATERS AND ALONG THE WEST COAST TODAY WITH NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ALONG THE EAST COAST AND ACROSS INTERIOR
LOCATIONS. GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL, HEAVY RAINFALL, AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WHICH WILL
BE MOSTLY CONCENTRATED ALONG THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE AND OVER
INTERIOR LOCATIONS.

WIND: IF STRONG STORMS DO DEVELOP TODAY, WHICH WOULD MAINLY OCCUR
OVER THE EAST COAST AND ACROSS INTERIOR LOCATIONS, WIND GUSTS OF AROUND
55 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE.

HAIL: IF STRONG STORMS DO DEVELOP TODAY, WHICH WOULD MAINLY OCCUR
OVER THE EAST COAST AND ACROSS INTERIOR LOCATIONS, SMALL HAIL OF
AROUND DIME SIZE MAY BE POSSIBLE.

FLOODING: HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ANY
POORLY DRAINED ROADWAY TODAY ACROSS THE EAST COAST METROS.

VISIBILITY: DENSE FOG POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SMOKE MAY BE POSSIBLE
ONCE AGAIN NEAR THE MUCK FIRE BURNING ALONG WESTERN SHORE OF LAKE
OKEECHOBEE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR AGAIN ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST ESPECIALLY
TOWARD THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND.

A MIX OF SMOKE AND NIGHTTIME FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL NIGHTS NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE AFFECTING MAINLY GLADES AND
HENDRY COUNTIES.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN, GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH THE OCCASIONAL
LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY HIGH WIND GUST, HAIL, OR POTENTIALLY
HAZARDOUS FLOODING.

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

TINGLER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 4:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
403 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

FLZ067-068-168-102100-
INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
403 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST PALM BEACH COUNTY...

AT 402 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 9 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT...

SOUTH COUNTY REGIONAL PARK...
BOCA WEST...
BOCA RATON EQUESTRIAN CENTER...
MORIKAMI PARK...
VILLAGES OF ORIOLE...

AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...OR A COMBINATION OF THESE ARE POSSIBLE.
LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES
AND OPEN SHELTERS OFFER NO PROTECTION. WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH CAN
DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL
OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

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

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

LAT...LON 2639 8007 2634 8007 2633 8007 2634 8027
      2644 8036 2664 8013 2663 8005 2639 8007
      2639 8006
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 239DEG 8KT 2641 8026

BAXTER
Local storm report, Jun 10, 4:39 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:13 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
Jun 10, 2:21 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryMFLGlades, Hendry7 hr
Jun 10, 9:43 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL58 min
Jun 10, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade36 min
Jun 10, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade50 min
Jun 10, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade38 min
Jun 10, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach57 min
Jun 10, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward38 min
Jun 10, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach47 min
Jun 10, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward38 min
Jun 10, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier26 min
Jun 10, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach65 min
Jun 10, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier28 min
Jun 10, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL55 min
Jun 10, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry25 min
Jun 10, 6:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL53 min
Jun 10, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades61 min
Jun 10, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL33 min
Jun 10, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe46 min
Jun 10, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades40 min
Jun 10, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL53 min
Jun 10, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL50 min
Jun 10, 7:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLGlades119 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.