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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jan 25, 2011, 8:55 PM EST for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 35 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
- Jan 25, 2011, 8:55 PM EST (01:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2011, 9:30 PM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Hendry County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1046 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 8.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Jan 25, 8:14 PM EST, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 8:14 PM EST, 41 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 619 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-261430- 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- 619 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...RISK OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TONIGHT... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES OF PALM BEACH, BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS: A BAND OF STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. THE ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY MOVE ONSHORE THE SOUTHWEST GULF COAST AROUND MIDNIGHT AND MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, EXITING THE SOUTHEAST COAST SHORTLY BEFORE DAYBREAK. TORNADOES: THERE IS A VERY SLIGHT RISK OF TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE MAIN BAND OF STORMS OVERNIGHT. A HIGHER RISK OF TORNADOES IS POSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS EVENING, ESPECIALLY IF ISOLATED STORMS DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE MAIN RAIN AREA MOVING EAST FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. WIND: WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH OR GREATER ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS THE PRIMARY RAIN AREA MOVES EAST ACROSS THE PENINSULA. WAVES: SEAS TO 7 FEET ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING OVER THE EAST COAST METRO AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, BEFORE MOVING OFFSHORE BY MID TO LATE MORNING AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. ANOTHER ROUND OF SEASONABLY COOL WEATHER IS EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT FOR LATE IN THE WEEK, WITH LOWS AGAIN DROPPING INTO THE 40S ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BY FRIDAY AND INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S DEGREE ACROSS THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONT. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HIGH WIND, FUNNEL CLOUDS, TORNADOES AND FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI. ESTUPINAN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 25, 8:30 PM EST, 25 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
855 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011
FLZ066-070-260230-
HENDRY FL-INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL-
855 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
WESTERN HENDRY COUNTY
NORTH CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY
* FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM 45 TO 55
MPH...FUNNEL CLOUDS
* UNTIL 930 PM EST.
AT 854 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FELDA TO AVE
MARIA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
IMMOKALEE DEVILS GARDEN AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED
KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS OFFER NO PROTECTION. THESE
WINDS CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE
STORM PASSES.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2655 8157 2669 8110 2626 8107 2624 8155
2651 8157
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 254DEG 28KT 2656 8138 2633 8147
KOBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 8:32 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 58 min | |
| Jan 25, 9:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 48 min |
| Jan 25, 9:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 36 min |
| Jan 25, 9:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 47 min |
| Jan 25, 10:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 37 min |
| Jan 25, 10:28 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 92 min | |
| Jan 25, 10:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 26 min |
| Jan 25, 11:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 45 min |
| Jan 25, 11:12 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 93 min | |
| Jan 25, 11:22 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 23 min |
| Jan 25, 11:59 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 46 min | |
| Jan 26, 12:49 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 41 min | |
| Jan 26, 1:25 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.