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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

June 18, 2009Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 18, 2009, 1:20 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 40 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
Jun 18, 2009, 1:20 PM EDT (17:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2009, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Miami-Dade County, FL

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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 Jun 18, 10:15 AM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 10:15 AM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 12:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1210 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009

FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-190100-
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-
1210 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 463 UNTIL 7 PM EDT WESTERN INTERIOR/WEST COAST...
...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST AFTERNOON INTO EVENING...
...SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS ALL AREAS EXCEPT EAST COAST...
...HEAT INDICES TO 105 INTERIOR AND NORTHWEST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING MAINLY OVER ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE EAST
COAST WHERE THEY WILL BE ISOLATED. FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES,
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL, HAIL, AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR
THUNDER, MOVE INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED BY.

WIND: THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE WINDS BETWEEN 50 AND 60
MPH THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN
INTERIOR AND WEST COAST METRO AREAS.

HAIL: HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE IN DIAMETER OVER MOST OF INLAND SOUTH
FLORIDA UP TO PENNY SIZE IN DIAMETER MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN
INTERIOR AND WEST COAST METRO AREAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING.

FLOODING: URBAN FLOODING MAY BECOME A PROBLEM WITH STORMS MOVING
OVER THE SAME AREAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

TEMPERATURES: TEMPERATURES WILL GET UP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S
OVER THE INTERIOR AND NORTHWEST AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL MAKE THE HEAT INDEX READINGS CLIMB NEAR THE
105 DEGREE MARK THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE INTERIOR AND NORTHWEST AREAS.
PEOPLE NEED TO LIMIT OUTSIDE ACTIVITY OVER THESE AREAS TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DAILY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
LIGHTNING STRIKES, LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE
THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED FOR THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST
METRO AREAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

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

BAXTER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 7:46 AM EDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:20 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
120 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009

FLZ073-074-173-181800-
METROPOLITAN MIAMI DADE FL-INLAND MIAMI-DADE FL-COASTAL MIAMI-
DADE COUNTY FL-
120 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS METRO CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...

AT 119 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SWEETWATER...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT...

CORAL WAY VILLAGE...
SWEETWATER...
FIU SOUTH CAMPUS...
WESTWOOD LAKES...
THE FALLS...
PALMETTO BAY...

AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...OR A COMBINATION OF THESE ARE POSSIBLE.
LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES
AND OPEN SHELTERS OFFER NO PROTECTION. WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH CAN
DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL
OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

RESIDENTS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

LAT...LON 2573 8022 2572 8024 2570 8024 2556 8035
      2577 8060 2588 8034 2575 8020
TIME...MOT...LOC 1720Z 055DEG 10KT 2577 8035

BAXTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 9:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL63 min
Jun 17, 10:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL65 min
Jun 18, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade56 min
Jun 18, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward37 min
Jun 18, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe44 min
Jun 18, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward39 min
Jun 18, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade48 min
Jun 18, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe41 min
Jun 18, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL56 min
Jun 18, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe37 min
Jun 18, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL33 min
Jun 18, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL58 min
Jun 18, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades54 min
Jun 18, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe27 min
Jun 18, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades59 min
Jun 18, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL57 min
Jun 18, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades, Hendry65 min
Jun 18, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 min
Jun 18, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier56 min
Jun 18, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry35 min
Jun 18, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier55 min
Jun 18, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLHendry, Palm Beach54 min
Jun 18, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 min
Jun 18, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach45 min
Jun 18, 6:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMFLGlades113 min
Jun 18, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL61 min
Jun 18, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLHendry, Palm Beach41 min
Jun 18, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL53 min
Jun 18, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier25 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.