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Special Marine Warning 281, NWS Miami, FL

August 3, 2012

NWS Miami, FL issued this special marine warning at Aug 3, 2012, 3:10 PM EDT. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 2012, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2012, 4:05 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine warning 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 marine warning went out at Aug 3, 2:59 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 2:59 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 4:23 AM EDT, 10 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
423 AM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012

AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676-
032330-
LAKE OKEECHOBEE-BISCAYNE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE BAHAMAS-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-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH, FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE, FL OUT 20 NM-
GULF WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM
20 TO 60 NM-
423 AM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012

...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...
...RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INCREASING ATLANTIC BEACHES INTO THE WEEKEND...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED, ESPECIALLY
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME
STRONG, CONTAINING FREQUENT LIGHTNING, WIND GUSTS TO AROUND
50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL.

WIND: GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH IS POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.

HAIL: SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON.

FLOODING: STREET FLOODING AT ISOLATED LOCALES IS POSSIBLE THIS.

RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE
ATLANTIC BEACHES.

TEMPERATURES: MAXIMUM HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES ARE
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON, HOTTEST OVER INTERIOR COLLIER COUNTY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC
BEACHES OVER THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. THE STRONGEST
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES
AND GUSTY WINDS.

HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH
DAY, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE INTERIOR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER,
INDIVIDUAL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HIGH WIND, HAIL AND
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

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 1:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 1:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:18 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:20 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 3, 2:36 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 8:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL45 min
Aug 3, 12:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward25 min
Aug 3, 12:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward35 min
Aug 3, 12:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward30 min
Aug 3, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLMiami-Dade26 min
Aug 3, 1:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward, Miami-Dade118 min
Aug 3, 1:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL57 min
Aug 3, 1:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade24 min
Aug 3, 1:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach50 min
Aug 3, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade27 min
Aug 3, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach40 min
Aug 3, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL62 min
Aug 3, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier38 min
Aug 3, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier46 min
Aug 3, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier46 min
Aug 3, 5:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLCollier43 min

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in Florida, 2012Every special marine warning in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.