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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

August 19, 2008Glades County, Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2008, 10:49 AM EDT for Glades County, Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 56 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 19, 2008, 10:49 AM EDT (14:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2008, 11:45 AM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

Counties Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 12:00Z on 2008-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2159 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2008-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 237 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
466 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.4
Supercell composite
16.2

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The text

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

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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 Aug 19, 5:53 AM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 5:53 AM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 7:38 AM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
738 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-192200-
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-
738 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

...FAY NOW INLAND MOVING TOWARD THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALL OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT ALL OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA...
...TORNADO WATCH MOST OF SOUTH FLORIDA UNTIL 4 PM EDT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEE THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE MIAMI NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE TO GET DETAILS ABOUT THE WEATHER EFFECTS ON SOUTH
FLORIDA FROM TROPICAL STORM FAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY. LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE
PRIMARY RISKS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TODAY AS TROPICAL STORM FAY
AFFECTS SOUTH FLORIDA.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 9:44 AM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 10:49 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 9:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL63 min
Aug 18, 9:45 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLCollier15 min
Aug 18, 10:01 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLBroward14 min
Aug 18, 10:03 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLCollier15 min
Aug 18, 10:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL28 min
Aug 19, 12:30 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 min
Aug 19, 12:41 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach19 min
Aug 19, 1:02 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach28 min
Aug 19, 1:13 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL92 min
Aug 19, 1:28 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach32 min
Aug 19, 1:57 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLCollier, Hendry63 min
Aug 19, 2:04 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach41 min
Aug 19, 2:08 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL67 min
Aug 19, 2:37 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL83 min
Aug 19, 2:55 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach50 min
Aug 19, 3:01 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLPalm Beach3 hr
Aug 19, 3:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL83 min
Aug 19, 3:07 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLCollier, Hendry53 min
Aug 19, 3:35 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLCollier40 min
Aug 19, 3:43 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach47 min
Aug 19, 3:53 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL112 min
Aug 19, 4:25 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach20 min
Aug 19, 4:36 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach24 min
Aug 19, 4:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier52 min
Aug 19, 4:51 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLCollier114 min
Aug 19, 5:00 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLHendry, Palm Beach30 min
Aug 19, 5:02 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach28 min
Aug 19, 5:07 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach23 min
Aug 19, 5:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL50 min
Aug 19, 5:30 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLGlades, Hendry, Palm Beach30 min
Aug 19, 5:36 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLMiami-Dade24 min
Aug 19, 5:43 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningMFLCollier11 hr
Aug 19, 5:49 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach26 min
Aug 19, 5:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL55 min
Aug 19, 5:59 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach31 min
Aug 19, 6:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Aug 19, 6:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier, Hendry59 min
Aug 19, 6:48 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach27 min
Aug 19, 7:10 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach20 min
Aug 19, 7:15 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach30 min
Aug 19, 7:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry61 min
Aug 19, 7:32 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach28 min
Aug 19, 7:33 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL27 min
Aug 19, 7:38 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLMonroe22 min
Aug 19, 7:40 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade35 min
Aug 19, 8:01 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach44 min
Aug 19, 8:01 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLMonroe29 min
Aug 19, 8:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry56 min
Aug 19, 9:02 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach28 min
Aug 19, 9:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningMFLPalm Beach3 hr
Aug 19, 9:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningMFLHendry3 hr
Aug 19, 9:35 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach25 min
Aug 19, 9:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry61 min
Aug 19, 11:40 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL65 min
Aug 19, 12:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMFLPalm Beach3 hr
Aug 19, 12:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMFLGlades, Hendry3 hr
Aug 19, 12:34 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningMFLCollier, Glades, Hendry4 hr
Aug 19, 12:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades85 min
Aug 19, 12:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL111 min
Aug 19, 12:42 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL55 hr
Aug 19, 12:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades, Hendry58 min
Aug 19, 12:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades, Hendry50 min
Aug 19, 1:38 PM EDTHurricane Local StatementMFLBroward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach8 hr
Aug 19, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades64 min
Aug 19, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades67 min
Aug 19, 3:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMFLGlades2 hr
Aug 19, 3:48 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningMFLGlades9 days
Aug 19, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 min
Aug 19, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL87 min
Aug 19, 5:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMFLGlades7 hr
Aug 19, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL86 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.