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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2011, 4:02 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 28 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, 2011, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2011, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 2687 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
524 WWUS82 KMFL 032002 SPSMFL SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 402 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2011 FLZ071-072-032030- INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL 402 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... EAST CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY * UNTIL 430 PM EDT * AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SUNRISE...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. * THE STORM WILL AFFECT... SUNRISE... PLANTATION... 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. FUNNEL CLOUDS CAN ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. LAT...LON 2601 8023 2609 8042 2623 8029 2620 8019 TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 027DEG 10KT 2618 8026 $$ GARCIA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 12:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Martin | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Martin | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 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.