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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

October 28, 2011Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Oct 28, 2011, 4:46 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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 28, 2011, 4:46 PM EDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired
Oct 28, 2011, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
29 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 28, 2:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 28, 2:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 28, 4:27 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
427 PM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011

FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-291000-
GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-
INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-
METRO MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH-
COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE-
427 PM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011

...SLIM RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT...
...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

TORNADOES: A BRIEF TORNADO OR WATERSPOUT CANNOT BE RULED OUT ACROSS
SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT WATERS TONIGHT. THE MOST FAVORABLE
AREA LOOKS TO BE NORTH OF A MARCO ISLAND TO FORT LAUDERDALE LINE AS
WIND SHEAR SLOWLY INCREASES THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS THREAT IS
MINIMAL BUT JUST CANNOT BE RULED OUT AT THIS TIME.

THUNDERSTORMS: A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. A BRIEF TORNADO
CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

FLOODING: THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION WHICH MAY LEAD TO MINOR URBAN
STREET FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA ON SATURDAY
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING
STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME OF THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD
LEAD TO SOME MINOR URBAN STREET FLOODING.

WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY
IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE WEAKENING COLD FRONT, RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS
MARINE CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE GULF STREAM OFF THE PALM
BEACH COUNTY COAST. THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC
BEACHES WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE LATE THIS WEEKEND AND
POSSIBLY INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER INDIVIDUAL
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.

GREGORIA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 28, 3:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 28, 3:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 28, 4:09 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 28, 4:46 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 28, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL23 min
Oct 28, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier22 min
Oct 28, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry36 min
Oct 28, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade33 min
Oct 28, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL97 min
Oct 28, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Oct 28, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Oct 28, 7:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLPalm Beach114 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.