Alert archive / Florida / Special Weather Statements in 2011
Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2011, 4:12 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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 7, 2011, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 3861 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
132
WWUS82 KMFL 072012
SPSMFL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
412 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011
FLZ067-068-168-072045-
COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FL INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL METRO PALM
BEACH COUNTY FL
412 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 407 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOCA RATON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
TO 20 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
DELRAY BEACH...
VILLAGE OF GOLF...
BOYNTON BEACH...
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. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE
STORM PASSES.
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 2648 8006 2635 8006 2633 8014 2633 8018
2647 8022 2658 8005 2648 8005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 230DEG 20KT 2641 8011
$$
BAXTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 22 min | |
| Aug 7, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 55 min | |
| Aug 7, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 66 min | |
| Aug 7, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 61 min | |
| Aug 7, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 58 min | |
| Aug 7, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 65 min |
Nearby
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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.