Alert archive / Florida / Special Weather Statements in 2009
Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
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
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>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
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>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
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>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
BAXTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 9:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| Jun 17, 10:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 65 min | |
| Jun 18, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 56 min | |
| Jun 18, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 33 min | |
| Jun 18, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 58 min | |
| Jun 18, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 27 min |
| Jun 18, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 57 min | |
| Jun 18, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 65 min |
| Jun 18, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 60 min | |
| Jun 18, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Hendry, Palm Beach | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 60 min | |
| Jun 18, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 6:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MFL | Glades | 113 min |
| Jun 18, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 61 min | |
| Jun 18, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Hendry, Palm Beach | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 53 min | |
| Jun 18, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 25 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.