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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2011, 2:34 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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
- Jul 1, 2011, 2:34 PM EDT (18:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2011, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 3010 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 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 Jul 1, 1:59 PM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 1:59 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 400 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2011 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-012200- 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- 400 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2011 ...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME STRONG, CONTAINING FREQUENT LIGHTING STRIKES, STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS. WIND: THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. FLOODING: LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. SLOW STORM MOVEMENT MAY RESULT IN MINOR STREET FLOODING IN SOME LOCALES. RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE LOCAL ATLANTIC BEACHES DUE TO A SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH. .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, Jul 1, 2:07 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
210 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2011
FLZ069-070-011845-
COASTAL COLLIER COUNTY FL INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL
210 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHWESTERN COLLIER COUNTY
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT
* AT 206 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GOLDEN GATE ESTATES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
BIG CORKSCREW ISLAND...
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 2632 8172 2632 8166 2642 8166 2643 8166
2643 8157 2649 8156 2634 8128 2606 8144
2623 8176
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 217DEG 10KT 2626 8160
85-GIBBSSpecial weather statement, Jul 1, 2:34 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 234 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2011 FLZ067-068-071-072-011900- INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL 234 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTH CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY SOUTH CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY * UNTIL 300 PM EDT * AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * THE STORM WILL AFFECT... RURAL SOUTHERN PALM BEACH 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 2629 8061 2660 8038 2659 8018 2625 8029 TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 014DEG 10KT 2645 8032 85-GIBBS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 23 min |
| Jul 1, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 24 min |
| Jul 1, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 37 min |
| Jul 1, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Hendry, Palm Beach | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 39 min |
| Jul 1, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 26 min | |
| Jul 1, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 30 min |
| Jul 1, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 22 min | |
| Jul 1, 5:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Glades | 115 min |
| Jul 1, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 38 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.