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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2008, 4:02 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 58 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 10, 2008, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2008, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 10, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 230 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 .DISCUSSION...A SURFACE TROUGH CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM THE ATLANTIC AND ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA WITH THE MID TO UPPER TROUGH CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM THE ATLANTIC TO OVER S FL. THE TROUGH FROM THE SURFACE TO ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE GENERAL VICINITY THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS, OR BASICALLY THROUGH MONDAY, KEEPING S FL IN A WESTERLY FLOW AND IN A VERY SIMILAR PATTERN TO SUNDAYS SET-UP. THIS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN WITH MOST OF THE ACTIVITY POSSIBLE CONCENTRATED ALONG THE GULF AND WEST COAST DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND ALONG THE EAST COAST AND INTERIOR IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS DUE TO VARIANCES IN HEATING AND SEA BREEZE INTERACTION. TUESDAY THE WITH THE RIDGE TO THE SOUTH AND WEAKENING TROUGH TO THE NORTH THE PATTERN SHALL LIKELY REMAIN THE SAME WITH MOST ACTIVITY ALONG THE GULF COAST IN THE AM AND ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST IN THE PM, BUT BY TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY THE RIDGE TO THE SOUTH IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY LIFT NORTHWARD AND INTO THE CWA. WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK... THE RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS THE CWA AND THIS IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT MOST ACTIVITY TO AROUND THE LAKE AREA/INTERIOR LOCATIONS AS SEA BREEZE ACTIVITY PUSHES INLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. && .AVIATION...VFR THRU PD ALL TERMINALS THOUGH BRIEF MVFR CIG/VSBY ALL TERMINALS PSBL. DEEP WESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES WITH WDLY SCT SHRA IMPACTING W COAST THRU PD WITH WDLY SCT SHRA/ISOLD TSTM AFFECTING E COAST THRU 00Z. VCSH KAPF WITH VCTS KFLL...KFXE...KOPF...KMIA AND KTMB THRU 20Z TIL GUST FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE...THEN VCSH THRU 00Z. AMDS TO BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. && .MARINE...OUTSIDE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, WHERE HIGHER GUSTS AND SEAS MAY BE ENCOUNTERED, WINDS AND SEAS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN AT OR BELOW 15 KTS AND 4 FT RESPECTIVELY. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO PROBLEMS OR CONCERNS AS RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO STAY OUT OF THE DANGER ZONE THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 75 91 75 90 / 30 60 30 50 FORT LAUDERDALE 77 92 78 89 / 30 60 30 50 MIAMI 76 92 78 91 / 30 60 30 50 NAPLES 77 89 79 90 / 30 50 30 40 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && LONG TERM...04/TINGLER SHORT TERM/AVIATION...15/JR
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 3:55 AM EDT, 12 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 355 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-110200- 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- 355 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 ...A FEW STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE EAST COAST METRO AREAS THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE EAST COAST METROPOLITAN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON, WHERE A FEW COULD BECOME STRONG. SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES, GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH, SMALL HAIL, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE STORMS WILL DISSIPATE THIS EVENING. WIND: THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST WILL MOVE INTO BISCAYNE BAY AND THE ATLANTIC WATERS, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS. HAIL: SMALL HAIL OF UP TO DIME SIZE IS POSSIBLE WITH A FEW OF THE STORMS NEAR THE ATLANTIC COAST THIS AFTERNOON. FLOODING: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF MINOR STREET FLOODING OR MINOR FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED AREAS ACROSS THE EAST COAST METROPOLITAN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. RIP CURRENTS: WEST WINDS NEAR 10 KNOTS WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE COLLIER COUNTY BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED 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 10, 4:02 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 402 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 FLZ071-072-172-102100- INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL-METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL- COASTAL BROWARD COUNTY FL- 402 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST BROWARD COUNTY... AT 357 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF CORAL SPRINGS TO MILE MARKER 30 ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...MOVING EAST AT 18 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT... MILE MARKER 30 ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY... INTERSECTION I-75 AND U.S. 27... CORAL SPRINGS... PARKLAND... COCONUT CREEK... SAWGRASS MILLS MALL... AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS OFFER NO PROTECTION. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. LAT...LON 2632 8010 2613 8027 2615 8064 2632 8040 TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 269DEG 16KT 2627 8037 2617 8052 KOB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 54 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.