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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2008, 2:32 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 43 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
- Aug 9, 2008, 2:32 PM EDT (18:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2008, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Miami-Dade County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 11 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1575 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1053 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Aug 9, 2:17 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 2:17 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 352 AM EDT SAT AUG 9 2008 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-100415- 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- 352 AM EDT SAT AUG 9 2008 ...A FEW STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE EXPECTED, WITH EVEN AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OR TWO POSSIBLE. FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES, STRONG WINDS, HAIL, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS. WIND: THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. MARINERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS, AS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING FAST TOWARDS THE EAST AT AROUND 20 KNOTS, AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 KNOTS. HAIL: THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO AROUND PENNY SIZE THIS AFTERNOON. FLOODING: ALTHOUGH STORMS WILL MOVE QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WHERE STORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA, LOCALIZED URBAN FLOODING OR FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. RIP CURRENTS: WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE COLLIER COUNTY BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON WITH LIGHTNING STRIKES BEING THE PRIMARY RISK FROM THE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR HIGHER, ANY HAIL, AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI. DG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 1:52 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 152 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2008 FLZ071-072-168-172-091815- COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL- METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL-COASTAL BROWARD COUNTY FL- 152 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS BROWARD COUNTY... AT 151 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDING FROM DEERFIELD BEACH SOUTHWEST ACROSS WESTON INTO WESTERN BROWARD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT... MARKHAM PARK... SAWGRASS MILLS MALL... SUNRISE... PLANTATION... 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. LAT...LON 2600 8014 2597 8041 2616 8046 2633 8008 TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 269DEG 17KT 2612 8035 JR
Local storm report, Aug 9, 2:26 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 5:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 65 min | |
| Aug 9, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Aug 9, 12:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 48 min | |
| Aug 9, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Aug 9, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 54 min | |
| Aug 9, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 53 min | |
| Aug 9, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.