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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

August 22, 2008Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 22, 2008, 4:16 PM EDT for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 44 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 22, 2008, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2008, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 44 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 Aug 22, 3:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 3:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 4:00 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 22, 2:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
205 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0130 PM     TSTM WND GST     10 NW PAHOKEE           26.90N 80.79W
08/22/2008  M39.00 MPH       AMZ610             FL   MESONET

            LZ40 REPORTED 34 KTS WIND GUST OVER THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

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RIVERA

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 2:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 22, 3:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 22, 3:30 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 22, 3:44 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 22, 4:16 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 21, 8:24 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MFL		19 hr
Aug 21, 8:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		57 min
Aug 21, 8:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		101 min
Aug 22, 12:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	59 min
Aug 22, 12:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		85 min
Aug 22, 12:17 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		28 min
Aug 22, 12:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Hendry	51 min
Aug 22, 12:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	45 min
Aug 22, 12:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		50 min
Aug 22, 12:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		2 hr
Aug 22, 12:55 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		50 min
Aug 22, 1:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Glades	30 min
Aug 22, 1:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	55 min
Aug 22, 1:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		2 hr
Aug 22, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		45 min
Aug 22, 2:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	38 min
Aug 22, 2:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Broward	23 min
Aug 22, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward	30 min
Aug 22, 2:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Broward	112 min
Aug 22, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	53 min
Aug 22, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		54 min
Aug 22, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		65 min
Aug 22, 3:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Miami-Dade	114 min
Aug 22, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	46 min
Aug 22, 3:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade	116 min
Aug 22, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		54 min
Aug 22, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		52 min
Aug 22, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		61 min
Aug 22, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Hendry	67 min
Aug 22, 4:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Broward	116 min
Aug 22, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		63 min
Aug 22, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	64 min
Aug 22, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Hendry	63 min
Aug 22, 5:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade	2 hr
Aug 22, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	52 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.