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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

May 14, 2009Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at May 14, 2009, 4:11 PM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 64 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
May 14, 2009, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2009, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Collier County, FL

The radar

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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 May 14, 2:11 PM EDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 2:11 PM EDT, 2 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 9:25 AM EDT, 6 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
925 AM EDT THU MAY 14 2009

FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-151100-
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-
925 AM EDT THU MAY 14 2009

...ONE OR TWO STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE WESTERN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...
...ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES THIS WEEKEND...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID DAY ACROSS THE
EASTERN THIRD OF SOUTH FLORIDA, WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND GULF COAST AREAS. ONE OR TWO
STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE, ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

WIND: ONE OR TWO STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ACROSS
WESTERN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON.

HAIL: ONE OR TWO STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ACROSS
WESTERN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON.

RIP CURRENTS: EASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL LEAD TO A SLIGHT
RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

STRONGER EASTERLY WINDS WILL LEAD TO AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS AT THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES FRIDAY THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.

A MOISTURE SURGE MAY MOVE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA FROM THE SOUTHEAST
THIS WEEKEND, POSSIBLY INCREASING THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS
WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 14, 4:11 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 11:55 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
May 14, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier52 min
May 14, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier36 min
May 14, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL45 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Florida, 2009Every special weather statement in 2009

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.