Alert archive / Florida / Special Weather Statements in 2011
Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2011, 3:39 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 36 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 24, 2011, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2011, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 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 nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 1859 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 24, 2:51 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 2:51 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 251 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011 .DISCUSSION...A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO EXTEND INTO SOUTH OR CENTRAL FL FROM THE ATLANTIC THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A MID TO UPPER LVL TROUGH WILL ALSO REMAIN OVER THE REGION INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP S FL IN A LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW WITH SEA BREEZES AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES BEING THE MAIN CATALYST FOR CONVECTION UNDER STRONG DIURNAL HEATING. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN MOIST WITH PWATS AT OR NEAR 2" FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS, AND WITH VERY LITTLE TO NO CONVECTIVE INHIBITION SCT TO NUM STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON OVER THE MAINLAND WITH SCT SHRA/TSRA OVER THE COASTAL WATERS EACH NIGHT AND MORNING. LIGHT WINDS THROUGH THE LOWEST 10KFT WILL ALSO LEAD TO A CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS AGAIN SAT MORNING. INTO THE EXTENDED...NEAR CLIMO/SCT POPS EACH AFTERNOON WITH WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS FORECAST EACH DAY INTO MID TO LATE WEEK. HOWEVER THE ECMWF AND GFS DOES INDICATE A SLIGHTLY DRIER PATTERN INTO LATE NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER LVL RIDGE (DIFFERENT STRENGTHS IN DIFFERENT MODELS) BUILDS INTO THE AREA. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE STARTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA AS WELL AS KAPF. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT THE EAST COAST TERMINALS SO VCTS WAS LEFT IN THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 10 TO 15 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON OUT OF THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. WIND SPEEDS WILL THEN INCREASE AGAIN LATE SATURDAY MORNING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING AS WELL ALONG THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZES. /CWC && .MARINE...A LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD AS AN ATLANTIC RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDS INTO THE PALM BEACHES AND LAKE REGION OR TO POINTS NORTH. AS THE RIDGE BUILDS NORTH OF SOUTH FLORIDA WINDS WILL INC INTO THE 10 TO 15KT RANGE NEXT WEEK WHICH WILL CAUSE SEAS TO BUILD SLIGHTLY. && .FIRE WEATHER...RH VALUES WILL REMAIN OUT OF CRITICAL LVLS THOUGH THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 80 90 80 89 / 40 60 40 50 FORT LAUDERDALE 80 90 79 89 / 40 60 30 40 MIAMI 80 91 79 89 / 40 50 30 50 NAPLES 75 91 75 92 / 30 50 30 50 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION/MARINE...04/AT AVIATION/RADAR/FIRE...55/CWC
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 2:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 208 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-250400- 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- 208 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011 ...FREQUENT LIGHTNING/TORRENTIAL RAIN/GUSTY WIND POTENTIAL IN THUNDERSTORMS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP TODAY...FOCUSED OVER THE INTERIOR WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COASTS. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND GUSTY WINDS. WIND: STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. FLOODING: A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND DUE TO SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS TODAY...STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE LOCAL ATLANTIC BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EACH DAY...WITH THE PRIMARY RISK BEING LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER INDIVIDUAL 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 235 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011 FLZ071>074-241900- INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL INLAND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL METROPOLITAN MIAMI DADE FL 235 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY NORTH CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY * UNTIL 300 PM EDT * AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INTERSECTION KROME AND U.S. 27...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. 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. LAT...LON 2613 8046 2572 8034 2562 8057 2596 8067 TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 207DEG 6KT 2591 8052 CWC
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:39 PM EDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
239 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011
FLZ067-068-168-241915-
COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FL INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL METRO PALM
BEACH COUNTY FL
239 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT
* AT 235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROYAL PALM BEACH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
GREENACRES CITY...
GOLDEN LAKES...
NORTH PALM BEACH GENERAL AIRPORT...
HAVERHILL...
AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE UP TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS
OF 45 TO 55 MPH. 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.
LAT...LON 2653 8030 2690 8038 2696 8020 2696 8015
2697 8015 2698 8014 2698 8010 2663 8006
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 244DEG 8KT 2671 8019
CWCLocal storm report, Jun 24, 3:08 PM EDT, 31 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 24, 3:18 PM EDT, 21 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 24, 3:36 PM EDT, 3 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 24, 3:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 339 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011 FLZ071-073-242015- INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL INLAND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL 339 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHWESTERN BROWARD COUNTY EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY * UNTIL 415 PM EDT * AT 336 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MICCOSUKEE SERVICE PLAZA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * THE STORM WILL AFFECT... RURAL SOUTHWESTERN BROWARD COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM 45 T0 55 MPH...UP TO NICKEL-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. 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. LAT...LON 2618 8084 2616 8054 2594 8066 2596 8087 TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 208DEG 4KT 2601 8076 85-GIBBS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 3:42 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 39 min | |
| Jun 24, 9:03 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 27 min | |
| Jun 24, 9:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 9:28 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 32 min | |
| Jun 24, 9:58 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 47 min | |
| Jun 24, 10:48 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 57 min | |
| Jun 24, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 27 min |
| Jun 24, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 24 min |
| Jun 24, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 23 min |
| Jun 24, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 28 min | |
| Jun 24, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 24 min |
| Jun 24, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 37 min |
| Jun 24, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 32 min | |
| Jun 24, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 31 min |
Nearby
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.