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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Apr 29, 2011, 4:47 PM EDT for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 43 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
- Apr 29, 2011, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2011, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Hendry County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 1633 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 743 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Apr 29, 3:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 3:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 309 PM EDT FRI APR 29 2011 .DISCUSSION... THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE HAS BEGUN TO PENETRATE INLAND AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT SHOWERS STARTED TO DEVELOP AT 1 PM EDT ALONG IT FROM NORTHERN PALM BEACH SOUTH THROUGH BROWARD SOUTH TO SOUTHERN MIAMI-DADE. THIS CONVECTION PATTERN IS FOLLOWING VERY CLOSELY THE RUC SOLUTION WHICH INDICATED THAT THE PREVIOUS LINE NORTH OF OUR CWA WOULD DISSIPATE WITH THE MAIN FOCUS BEING THE CONVECTION INITIATION OVER THE CENTRAL/EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. SOME OF THESE STORMS DEVELOPED IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. THE LACK OF ORGANIZED LOW LEVEL SHEAR IS MAKING IT DIFFICULT AT THE PRESENT TIME FOR THE SHOWERS TO PERSIST MUCH BEYOND THE INITIAL CONVERGENCE PUSH PROVIDED BY THE SEA-BREEZE. OTHER SHOWERS DEVELOPED IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES OFF OF NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND INTENSIFIED QUICKLY AS THEY ENTERED THE GULF STREAM ENVIRONMENT. PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS OBSERVED AROUND 250 PM SOUTH OF 75 IN CENTRAL EASTERN BROWARD COUNTY. THE HIGH RESOLUTION SHORT TERM MODELS SUGGEST THAT THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IS OVER NORTH MIAMI-DADE, BROWARD, AND PALM BEACH COUNTY...WHERE THE LIFTING OF THE FRONT WILL MEET THE SEA-BREEZE AND RESPECTIVE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THE PREVIOUS CONVECTION THAT STARTED AROUND 1 PM. THE UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS ARE NOT VERY FAVORABLE AS THE STRONGER UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE IS LIFTING OUT OF THE AREA TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. HOWEVER...THE PUSH OF THE SEA BREEZE COMBINED WITH THE N-NE WINDS FROM THE FRONT COULD ENHANCE THE LOW LEVEL HELICITY AND ALLOW FOR LONGER-LIVED CONVECTION THAN THE ONE CURRENTLY OBSERVED. THE REST OF THE FORECAST REASONING IS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE PREVIOUS ONE. A MID LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS BETWEEN SUNDAY AND TUESDAY WITH THE WINDS BEGINNING TO TURN EASTERLY BY MONDAY. ON WEDNESDAY SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL DOMINATE AHEAD OF ANOTHER WEAK FRONT FORECAST TO BRING A FEW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY. && .MARINE... THE SHORT TERM CONCERN IS GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MILES PER HOUR, HEAVY DOWNPOURS, AND LIGHTNING AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTHWARD INTO OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. THE WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWEST TODAY BEFORE SWINGING TO AN EASTERLY DIRECTION THIS WEEKEND OVER THE CWA WATERS. THE SPEEDS WILL BE 5 TO 10 MPH TODAY BEFORE INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY FOR MOST OF THE CWA WATERS, EXCEPT FOR THE NEAR-SHORE GULF WATERS WHERE THEY WILL BE IN THE 10 TO 15 KNOT RANGE FOR THIS WEEKEND. THE SEAS WILL ALSO REMAIN BELOW 6 FEET TODAY INTO THIS WEEKEND OVER BOTH THE ATLANTIC AND GULF WATERS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. THEREFORE...BOATING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE GOOD TODAY INTO THIS WEEKEND OUTSIDE OF ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP TODAY. && .AVIATION...(ISSUED AT 137 PM EDT FRI APR 29 2011) BELIEVE SHWRS/TSTMS SHOULD START TO DEVELOP SOON ALONG EASTERN AREAS WITH FEW TSTMS GETTING CLOSER TO THE TERMINALS FROM AS EARLY AS 18Z. WL KEEP A TEMPO GROUP FOR ALL THE EASTERN TERMINALS AT LEAST THROUGH 21-22Z AFTER WHICH TIME MOST GUIDANCE INDICATE THAT MOST SHWRS/TSTMS SHOULD MOVE OFFSHORE. NEVERTHELESS...WL KEEP VCSH/VCTS THROUGH EVENING. SFC WINDS FORECAST QUITE MORE DIFFICULT AS SOME OF THE GUIDANCE INDICATE A SFC THERMAL LOW DEVELOPING AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH AND SFC WINDS OVER THE ERN TERMINALS SHIFTING FROM SW TO SE AND THEN FINALLY EAST OVERNIGHT. OVER KAPF...WIND FORECAST MUCH EASIER WITH WINDS STARTING FROM SW BUT SHIFTING TO NW AFTER FRONT PASSAGE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND NE-E OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. && .FIRE WEATHER... THE WIND SHIFT THAT WILL BE EXPERIENCED THIS EVENING AROUND 7-8 PM WILL BRING NORTHEASTERLY WINDS TO THE SLOPE FIRE STILL IN PROGRESS. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AREA WHICH COULD TRIGGER ADDITIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES IN THE AREA. A GRADUAL DECREASE IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS FORECAST FROM SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WHICH WILL BRING DRIER CONDITIONS TO GLADES, HENDRY, AND COLLIER COUNTY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. RIGHT NOW THE FORECAST DOES NOT BRING THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT BUT THE CONDITIONS NEED TO BE MONITORED SINCE BOUNDARY LAYER ENTRAINMENT COULD BRING THE RH DOWN A LITTLE MORE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 137 PM EDT FRI APR 29 2011/ AVIATION...BELIEVE SHWRS/TSTMS SHOULD START TO DEVELOP SOON ALONG EASTERN AREAS WITH FEW TSTMS GETTING CLOSER TO THE TERMINALS FROM AS EARLY AS 18Z. WL KEEP A TEMPO GROUP FOR ALL THE EASTERN TERMINALS AT LEAST THROUGH 21-22Z AFTER WHICH TIME MOST GUIDANCE INDICATE THAT MOST SHWRS/TSTMS SHOULD MOVE OFFSHORE. NEVERTHELESS...WL KEEP VCSH/VCTS THROUGH EVENING. SFC WINDS FORECAST QUITE MORE DIFFICULT AS SOME OF THE GUIDANCE INDICATE A SFC THERMAL LOW DEVELOPING AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH AND SFC WINDS OVER THE ERN TERMINALS SHIFTING FROM SW TO SE AND THEN FINALLY EAST OVERNIGHT. OVER KAPF...WIND FORECAST MUCH EASIER WITH WINDS STARTING FROM SW BUT SHIFTING TO NW AFTER FRONT PASSAGE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND NE-E OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 919 AM EDT FRI APR 29 2011/ UPDATE... THE MAIN FOCUS FOR TODAY IS THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG STORMS OVER AND AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE. THE MID LEVEL FLOW IN THE REGION IS WITHIN 30 TO 35 KTS AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES BETWEEN 6.5 AND 6.8 C PER KM. THE MAIN THREAT, AS DESCRIBED BY SPC COULD BE SOME PULSE-TYPE MULTICELL STORMS WITH ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. CALCULATIONS USING BUFKIT FOR FORECAST SOUNDINGS FOR THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING INDICATE THAT THE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL REMAIN MARGINAL, AND WITH THE LOW LEVEL VERTICAL WIND SHEAR STAYING WEAK RELATIVE TO THE COOL POOL...STRONG CELL REGENERATION ALONG THE GUST FRONT WILL BE LIMITED. THE ACTIVITY WILL PEAK LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER DARK. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW CAPE VALUES ABOVE 2000 J/KG AND TOTAL SHEAR AT BEST AROUND 30 KTS. SOME SPOTS COULD SEE HIGHER CAPE VALUES. CELL SPLITTING COULD OCCUR...HOWEVER, THE MARGINAL VERTICAL SHEAR WILL LEAD TO RELATIVELY SHORT-LIVED CELLS. THE ESTIMATED POTENTIAL OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE DOWNDRAFT IS AROUND 40 KNOTS. WITH THE PRESENCE OF SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE IS FORECAST TO MAKE MORE PROGRESS THAN THE EAST COAST ONE. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE A STORM MOTION FROM THE WEST...WHICH COULD MOVE INTO THE METRO AREAS SOME OF THE ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM IN THE INTERIOR. IF CELL SPLIT OCCURS, THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE CELL PROPAGATING TO THE SOUTHEAST TO MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHERN METRO AREAS. THE ONLY UPDATE TO THE FORECAST WAS THE INCLUSION OF A SLIGHT RISK OF WEAK TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS, ESPECIALLY OVER PALM BEACH COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE CONDITIONS ARE MARGINAL...BUT IF THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE INTERACTS WITH THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW IT COULD GENERATE A SOME LOW LEVEL SPIN NEAR THE COASTLINE... AND OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. THESE WEAK TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH MARGINAL EPISODES IN THE PAST. THE FORECAST REASONING FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK CONTINUES THE SAME. THE WARMEST DAYTIME TEMPERATURES SHIFT TO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA FOR SATURDAY AS THE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO TURN FROM THE NE AFTER THE FRONT CLEARS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA LATER THIS EVENING. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 720 AM EDT FRI APR 29 2011/ AVIATION...CLOUDS AHEAD OF COLD FRONT BEGINNING TO ENTER SOUTH FLORIDA PENINSULA THIS MORNING, BUT MOST OF THESE ARE IN VFR CATEGORY, THEREFORE NO SIGNIFICANT CEILINGS AND VSBYS EXPECTED IN SHORT TERM. CONVECTION EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTH FLORIDA AFT 16Z WITH MOST STORMS OVER INTERIOR AND EASTERN SECTIONS. WENT WITH TEMPO TSRA AT PBI AND FLL AREA SITES AS GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF TSTMS SHOULD BE NEAR THESE AREAS, HOWEVER TSRA CAN'T BE RULED OUT IN MIA AREA EITHER. KAPF IS THE LEAST LIKELY TO SEE TSRA THIS AFTERNOON, BUT STILL A POSSIBILITY AS STORMS DEVELOP JUST INLAND. WIND SHIFTS TO NE TONIGHT BEHIND WEAKENING COLD FRONT WITH VCSH LINGERING AT EAST COAST SITES. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 403 AM EDT FRI APR 29 2011/ SOME STRONG STORMS NORTHEAST AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY... DRY WEATHER OVER SOUTH FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND... DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT LOCATED OVER NORTH FLORIDA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTH AND BE LOCATED OVER SOUTH FLORIDA BY THIS EVENING. THE STEERING FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST OVER THE CWA. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE TO PUSH ACROSS THE CWA TODAY WHILE KEEPING THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE OVER THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS. SO THE FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE OVER THE INTERIOR AND EAST COAST METRO AREAS WITH THE HIGHEST POPS OVER THE NORTHEAST INTERIOR AREAS. THEREFORE...THE POPS WILL BE RAISE TO HIGH END CHANCE FOR THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS WITH LIKELY POPS OVER THE NORTHEAST INTERIOR AREAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. REST OF THE CWA WILL SEE SCATTERED POPS FOR TODAY. THE MID TO UPPER LEVEL OF THE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTH FLORIDA WILL REMAIN COLD (-10C TO -11C)...AS THE SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SOME OF THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON TO BECOME STRONG ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHEAST AREAS OF THE CWA WHERE THE SEA BREEZES AND LAKE BREEZE COLLIDE. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS FROM THE STRONG STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. SO WILL MENTION THIS IN THE MORNING HWO PACKAGE. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA THIS EVENING AND WASH OUT OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SO THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE OVER THE CWA THIS EVENING AS THE HEATING OF THE DAY IS LOST. THEREFORE...SCATTERED POPS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS FOR THIS EVENING BEFORE GOING DRY FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS FRIDAY. FOR REST OF THE CWA...THE INTERIOR AREAS WILL HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF POPS FOR THE EVENING HOURS WHILE THE WEST COAST METRO AREAS WILL REMAIN DRY FOR FRIDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD INTO SOUTH FLORIDA FROM THE NORTH FOR THE WEEKEND ALLOWING FOR EASTERLY WINDS OVER THE CWA. THIS WILL KEEP MOST OF SOUTH FLORIDA DRY THIS WEEKEND WITH ONLY A COUPLE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS. DUE TO THE SMALL COVERAGE OF THE SHOWERS FOR THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS THIS WEEKEND...PLAN ON ONLY HAVING A SLIGHT 10 POPS AT THIS TIME FOR THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS. THE WINDS WILL ALSO BECOME BREEZY OVER THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS THIS WEEKEND. THIS WILL LEAD TO AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA FOR THIS WEEKEND. EXTENDED FORECAST... THE HIGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE MOVING EAST INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS BY MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR ANOTHER COLD FRONT TO WORK INTO SOUTH FLORIDA FROM THE NORTH FOR LATE NEXT WEEK. SO WILL CONTINUE THE DRY WEATHER FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR THE MIDDLE TO END OF NEXT WEEK OVER THE CWA. MARINE... THE WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWEST TODAY BEFORE SWINGING TO A EASTERLY DIRECTION THIS WEEKEND OVER THE CWA WATERS. THE SPEEDS WILL BE 5 TO 10 MPH TODAY BEFORE INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY FOR MOST OF THE CWA WATERS, EXCEPT FOR THE NEAR-SHORE GULF WATERS WHERE THEY WILL BE IN THE 10 TO 15 KNOT RANGE FOR THIS WEEKEND. THE SEAS WILL ALSO REMAIN BELOW 6 FEET TODAY INTO THIS WEEKEND OVER BOTH THE ATLANTIC AND GULF WATERS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. THEREFORE...BOATING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE GOOD TODAY INTO THIS WEEKEND OUTSIDE OF ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP TODAY. FIRE WEATHER... THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TODAY WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE THE 35 PERCENT CRITICAL VALUE DUE TO THE TROPICAL MOISTURE OVER THE CWA. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ON SATURDAY WILL ABLE TO FALL INTO THE MID 30S FOR COUPLE OF HOURS OVER THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR AREAS WITH 40S OVER REST OF THE CWA...AS DRY AIR WORKS TO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 73 82 74 84 / 30 10 10 10 FORT LAUDERDALE 75 85 76 85 / 30 10 10 10 MIAMI 74 86 74 85 / 30 10 10 10 NAPLES 70 90 69 90 / 10 10 - 10 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION/MARINE...71/JE AVIATION/RADAR/FIRE...47/RGH
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 4:01 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 401 PM EDT FRI APR 29 2011 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-302015- 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- 401 PM EDT FRI APR 29 2011 ...STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE TO THE COASTAL AREAS INCLUDING THE MIAMI METRO AREAS... ...ISOLATED WEAK TORNADOES OR WATERSPOUTS PALM BEACH AND BROWARD AND ADJACENT WATERS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OVER MOST OF SOUTH FLORIDA. THE MOST CONCENTRATED AREA OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA FROM LAKE THE OKEECHOBEE REGION TO THE COASTLINE, WITH LESS COVERAGE ALONG THE GULF COAST. WIND: GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING, EXCEPT POSSIBLY UP TO 60 MPH AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND PALM BEACH COUNTY. TORNADOES: WEAK TORNADOES OR WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST STORMS THIS AFTERNOON OVER PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. HAIL: LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND PALM BEACH COUNTY, WITH SMALL HAIL A POSSIBILITY ELSEWHERE. VISIBILITY: REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FOG AND SMOKE ARE POSSIBLE OVER GLADES, HENDRY AND INLAND SECTIONS OF COLLIER COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS EASTERLY WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH. AS THE EASTERLY WINDS INCREASE OVER SOUTH FLORIDA BEGINNING ON SATURDAY, THIS COULD PRESENT A PROBLEM WITH THE FIRE IN THE GOLDEN GATE ESTATES AREA. IF THE FIRE IS NOT CONTAINED BY THE TIME THE WINDS INCREASE OUT OF THE EAST THIS WEEKEND, IT COULD RESULT IN EVACUATIONS ORDERS FOR A FEW OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES WEST OF THE FIRE. RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ON THE ALERT AND STAY TUNED WITH INFORMATION COMING FROM THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HIGH WIND, HAIL 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.
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 29, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 27 min |
| Apr 29, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 24 min |
| Apr 29, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 27 min |
| Apr 29, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 56 min | |
| Apr 29, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 27 min |
| Apr 29, 4:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 67 min | |
| Apr 29, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 4:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 119 min |
| Apr 29, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 82 min |
| Apr 29, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 66 min | |
| Apr 29, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 22 min |
| Apr 29, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 56 min |
| Apr 29, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 65 min | |
| Apr 29, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 27 min |
| Apr 29, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 41 min |
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Special Weather Statements in Florida, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011
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.