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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

October 8, 2011Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Oct 8, 2011, 11:01 AM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 59 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: Oct 8, 2011, 11:01 AM EDT (15:01 UTC)
Expired: Oct 8, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL

County Broward County, FL

The radar

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Oct 8, 10:54 AM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 8, 10:54 AM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 8, 9:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 8, 10:36 AM EDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1036 AM EDT SAT OCT 08 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1253 AM     TSTM WND DMG     DORAL                   25.84N 80.36W
10/08/2011                   MIAMI-DADE         FL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            STRONG GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A THUNDERSTORM DOWNED
            FIVE TREES, INCLUDING ONE WITH A LARGE DIAMETER. TIME OF
            EVENT IS ESTIMATED.

&&

BETTWY

Special weather statement, Oct 8, 11:01 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1101 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2011

FLZ071>074-172-173-081600-
COASTAL BROWARD COUNTY FL COASTAL MIAMI DADE COUNTY FL INLAND BROWARD
COUNTY FL INLAND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL
METROPOLITAN MIAMI DADE FL
1101 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  EASTERN BROWARD COUNTY
  NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

* UNTIL NOON EDT

* AT 1058 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES EAST OF HALLANDALE...AND MOVING WEST
  AT 20 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  LIGHTHOUSE POINT...
  LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA...
  PORT EVERGLADES...
  HALLANDALE...
  NORTH MIAMI BEACH...
  NORTH MIAMI...
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

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. THERE ARE OTHER STORMS ALONG THE EAST COAST IN EASTERN
BROWARD AND NORTHEASTERN MIAMI DADE COUNTY PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP
TO 45 MPH.

LAT...LON 2600 8011 2580 8011 2576 8012 2573 8015
      2574 8020 2572 8023 2570 8054 2633 8055
      2632 8007
TIME...MOT...LOC 1502Z 086DEG 17KT 2599 7992

AK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 7, 8:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	21 min
Oct 7, 8:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		27 min
Oct 7, 8:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	24 min
Oct 7, 9:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Miami-Dade	118 min
Oct 7, 9:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		53 min
Oct 7, 9:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		17 min
Oct 7, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	30 min
Oct 7, 9:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	41 min
Oct 7, 10:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		86 min
Oct 7, 10:09 PM EDT	Flood Watch	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach	46 hr
Oct 7, 10:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade	81 min
Oct 7, 10:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	38 min
Oct 7, 10:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	19 min
Oct 7, 10:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	34 min
Oct 7, 11:03 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		87 min
Oct 7, 11:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	22 min
Oct 7, 11:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Miami-Dade	53 min
Oct 7, 11:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	23 min
Oct 7, 11:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		2 hr
Oct 8, 12:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	27 min
Oct 8, 12:29 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Miami-Dade	79 min
Oct 8, 12:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	30 min
Oct 8, 12:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	19 min
Oct 8, 12:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Miami-Dade	61 min
Oct 8, 4:51 AM EDT	Gale Watch	MFL		8 hr
Oct 8, 4:51 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MFL		8 hr
Oct 8, 4:55 AM EDT	High Surf Advisory	MFL	Palm Beach	39 hr
Oct 8, 4:57 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		35 min
Oct 8, 5:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	30 min
Oct 8, 9:45 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		90 min
Oct 8, 11:04 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		56 min
Oct 8, 11:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	52 min
Oct 8, 12:17 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach	16 hr
Oct 8, 12:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Miami-Dade	2 hr
Oct 8, 12:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	55 min
Oct 8, 12:37 PM EDT	Gale Warning	MFL		25 hr
Oct 8, 12:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Miami-Dade	52 min
Oct 8, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		55 min
Oct 8, 2:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MFL	Miami-Dade	6 hr
Oct 8, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		58 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.