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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

October 18, 2011Lee County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Oct 18, 2011, 5:13 PM EDT for Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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 18, 2011, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Oct 18, 2011, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Lee County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2011-10-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2448 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2011-10-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2448 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

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

329 
WWUS82 KMFL 182113
SPSMFL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
513 PM EDT TUE OCT 18 2011

FLZ069-182145-
COASTAL COLLIER COUNTY FL 
513 PM EDT TUE OCT 18 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY 

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 511 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  HEAVY SHOWER PRODUCING A WATERSPOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
  NAPLES...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

* THE SHOWER WILL AFFECT...
  VANDERBILT BEACH...
  BONITA SHORES...
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

A WATERSPOUT HAS BEEN REPORTED. REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2634 8184 2633 8182 2632 8181 2632 8177
      2619 8182 2621 8183 2627 8183 2632 8185
      2633 8185
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 196DEG 34KT 2619 8188

$$

GREGORIA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 4:44 AM EDTGale WatchMFL11 hr
Oct 18, 5:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward40 min
Oct 18, 8:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach26 min
Oct 18, 8:29 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach16 min
Oct 18, 11:33 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL57 min
Oct 18, 12:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Oct 18, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Oct 18, 2:49 PM EDTFlood WatchMFLBroward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more7 hr
Oct 18, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL115 min
Oct 18, 3:40 PM EDTGale WarningMFL21 hr
Oct 18, 3:50 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL36 hr
Oct 18, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL66 min
Oct 18, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier27 min
Oct 18, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL95 min
Oct 18, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL85 min
Oct 18, 7:06 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLGlades28 min
Oct 18, 7:40 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLGlades33 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.