Alert archive / Florida / Special Weather Statements in 2011
Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2011, 3:49 PM EDT for Broward 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
- Aug 6, 2011, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2011, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 21 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
- 2208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
398
WWUS82 KMFL 061949
SPSMFL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
349 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011
FLZ072-062015-
METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL
349 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 344 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR DAVIE...AND MOVING SOUTH
AT 5 MPH.
* THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT...
DAVIE...
COOPER CITY...
SOUTHWEST RANCHES...
AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING. LIGHTNING IS
THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN
SHELTERS OFFER NO PROTECTION. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL
THE STORM PASSES.
THESE STORMS ARE ALSO DEVELOPING IN AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR
FUNNEL CLOUDS.
RESIDENTS NEAR THE PATH OF SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.
LAT...LON 2597 8020 2597 8021 2597 8029 2597 8030
2597 8039 2615 8041 2614 8023 2598 8018
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 346DEG 3KT 2606 8031
$$
BAXTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 37 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.