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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2009, 6:27 PM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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 3, 2009, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2009, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Collier County, FL
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</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 Aug 3, 2:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 2:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 10:23 AM EDT, 8 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1023 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2009 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-041100- 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- 1023 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2009 ...SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS INTERIOR AND WEST... ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EAST COAST BEACHES... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY IN THE CENTRAL INTERIOR AND WEST PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH, OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES, AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP. RIP CURRENTS: EASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS, COMBINED WITH LOW TIDES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON, WILL CREATE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF PALM BEACH, BROWARD AND MIAMI DADE COUNTIES. TEMPERATURES: TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH LEVELS OF HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HEAT INDICES AROUND OR JUST ABOVE 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS INTERIOR AND WESTERN AREAS. PERSONS ARE SUGGESTED TO LIMIT TIME SPENT DOING STRENUOUS WORK OUTDOORS IN THESE AREAS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM CAN BE EXPECTED EACH DAY, WITH LIGHTNING STRIKES AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL BEING THE MAIN THREATS. RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST DUE TO STEADY EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS AT LEAST THROUGH MIDWEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI. STRASSBERG
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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 6:27 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
627 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2009
FLZ069-070-032300-
COASTAL COLLIER COUNTY FL-INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL-
627 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2009
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST COLLIER COUNTY...
AT 626 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOLDEN GATE ESTATES...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT...
GOLDEN GATE ESTATES...
ORANGE TREE...
AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND
BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. LIGHTNING IS THE
NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS
OFFER NO PROTECTION. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM
PASSES.
LAT...LON 2625 8177 2632 8172 2632 8166 2641 8166
2643 8165 2643 8162 2631 8145 2618 8152
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 120DEG 8KT 2627 8156
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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.