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Special Marine Warning 39, NWS Miami, FL

April 21, 2012

NWS Miami, FL issued this special marine warning at Apr 21, 2012, 8:39 AM EDT. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Apr 21, 2012, 8:39 AM EDT (12:39 UTC)
Expired: Apr 21, 2012, 9:45 AM EDT
In force: 66 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 Apr 21, 7:58 AM EDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 7:58 AM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 21, 5:29 AM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 21, 4:44 AM EDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
444 AM EDT SAT APR 21 2012

FLZ073-173-174-210930-
COASTAL MIAMI DADE COUNTY FL FAR SOUTH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL INLAND
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL
444 AM EDT SAT APR 21 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

* UNTIL 530 AM EDT

* AT 442 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FLORIDA CITY...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  HOMESTEAD GENERAL AIRPORT...
  FLORIDA CITY...
  HOMESTEAD...
  HOMESTEAD MIAMI SPEEDWAY...
  THE REDLAND...
  NARANJA...
  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.

LAT...LON 2535 8055 2543 8063 2566 8046 2552 8032
      2547 8033 2547 8032 2545 8033
TIME...MOT...LOC 0844Z 228DEG 12KT 2543 8052

60

Special weather statement, Apr 21, 5:25 AM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 20, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		61 min
Apr 20, 8:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Broward	72 min
Apr 20, 10:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	34 min
Apr 21, 12:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Collier	118 min
Apr 21, 2:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Collier	2 hr
Apr 21, 4:09 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Watch	MFL	Collier	15 hr
Apr 21, 4:09 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	MFL	Collier	64 hr
Apr 21, 4:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	46 min
Apr 21, 4:45 AM EDT	Flood Watch	MFL	Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more	14 hr
Apr 21, 4:52 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MFL		69 hr
Apr 21, 5:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	35 min
Apr 21, 9:43 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		47 min
Apr 21, 7:15 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	MFL	Collier	21 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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