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Small Craft Advisory 6, NWS Miami, FL

February 2, 2009

NWS Miami, FL issued this small craft advisory at Feb 2, 2009, 4:06 PM EST. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 2, 2009, 4:06 PM EST (21:06 UTC)
Expired: Feb 8, 2009, 3:02 PM EST
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Feb 2, 2:36 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 2, 2:36 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 2, 10:19 AM EST, 5 hours 47 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1019 AM EST MON FEB 2 2009

FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-030630-
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-
1019 AM EST MON FEB 2 2009

...A FEW STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...
...GULF STREAM SEAS BUILDING TO 7 FEET TONIGHT...
...MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
...HARD FREEZE POSSIBLE GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RIP CURRENTS: A SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND OF NEAR 15 MPH ALONG THE
ATLANTIC COAST WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE
BEACHES.

THUNDERSTORMS: A WARM FRONT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA
LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY A COLD
FRONT THIS EVENING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP ALONG BOTH
THE WARM FRONT AND THE COLD FRONT. ANY STORM THAT DOES DEVELOP WILL
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LIGHTNING STRIKES, GUSTY WINDS, LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL, AND MAYBE EVEN A TORNADO.

TORNADOES: IF ANY STORMS BECOME STRONG, THE ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTS
THE POSSIBILITY OF ONE OR TWO TORNADOES.

WATERSPOUTS: THE ENVIRONMENT OVER SOUTH FLORIDA WATERS TODAY WILL
BE FAVORABLE FOR WATERSPOUTS WITH ANY SHOWERS OR STORMS THAT DO
DEVELOP.

WIND: GUSTY WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST
STORMS THAT DEVELOP...THOUGH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE MORE
COMMON, EVEN IN SHOWERS. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF AROUND 25 MPH WILL
DEVELOP OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS AND THE OFFSHORE GULF WATERS
TONIGHT.

WAVES: THE GULF STREAM SEAS WILL BUILD TO 7 FEET TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT
WITH A STRONGER COLD FRONT ON WEDNESDAY. THESE FRONTS WILL BRING
COLDER TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA FOR THE MIDDLE TO END OF THIS
WEEK. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL INTERIOR AREAS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WHILE
THE REST OF THE AREA WILL SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S TO MID
40S. GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES COULD EVEN SEE A HARD FREEZE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING
IF STORMS DO DEVELOP.

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 2, 12:17 AM EST	Marine Weather Statement	MFL		43 min
Feb 2, 6:48 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	57 min
Feb 2, 6:50 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	55 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.