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Special Marine Warning 5, NWS Miami, FL

March 4, 2012

NWS Miami, FL issued this special marine warning at Mar 4, 2012, 6:05 AM EST. It was in force for 85 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
Mar 4, 2012, 6:05 AM EST (11:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 2012, 7:30 AM EST
In force
85 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 Mar 4, 4:00 AM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 4:00 AM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 4:06 AM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
406 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2012

AMZ610-630-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-050100-
LAKE OKEECHOBEE-BISCAYNE BAY-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-
406 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2012

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS COLLIER COUNTY BEACHES TODAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR GLADES, HENDRY, AND INLAND COLLIER COUNTIES TONIGHT...
...DETERIORATING MARINE CONDITIONS ALL LOCAL WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT...
...RIP CURRENTS RISK FOR EAST COAST BEACHES THIS WEEK...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RIP CURRENTS: SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 25
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS
ALONG THE BEACHES OF COLLIER COUNTY TODAY.

TEMPERATURES: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH OVER GLADES, HENDRY,
AND INLAND COLLIER COUNTIES WILL LEAD APPARENT TEMPERATURES OF 30
TO 35 DEGREES LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
THEREFORE...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE COUNTIES
BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM EST MONDAY.

REST OF SOUTH FLORIDA WILL SEE WINDS OF 5 T0 10 MPH EXCEPT 10 TO
15 MPH OVER THE METRO AREAS TONIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO APPARENT
TEMPERATURES IN UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S OVER THE INTERIOR AREAS TO
MID TO UPPER 40S OVER THE METRO AREAS FOR LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY
MONDAY MORNING.

WAVES: THE ATLANTIC SEAS WILL BUILD TO 4 TO 6 FEET NEAR-SHORE UP
TO 8 FEET IN THE GULF STREAM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. IN
THE GULF WATERS...THE SEAS WILL BUILD TO 4 TO 6 FEET NEAR-SHORE UP
TO 11 FEET IN THE OFFSHORE GULF WATERS THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE WINDS WILL SWING TO A EASTERLY DIRECTION THROUGH THE WEEK
WHILE KEEPING THE BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO
STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES OF
SOUTH FLORIDA FOR MOST OF THE WEEK.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE ATLANTIC SEAS WILL REMAIN AT 7 FEET OR
HIGHER FOR THE WEEK DUE TO THE BREEZY TO WINDY EASTERLY WINDS
ALONG WITH A NORTHEAST SWELL BUILDING INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 3:28 AM ESTWind AdvisoryMFLBroward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach11 hr
Mar 4, 3:33 AM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryMFLCollier, Glades, Hendry24 hr
Mar 4, 3:38 AM ESTRip Current StatementMFLCollier14 hr
Mar 4, 4:08 AM ESTGale WarningMFL15 hr
Mar 4, 4:08 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL4 days
Mar 4, 6:10 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades80 min
Mar 4, 6:39 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier, Glades, Hendry81 min
Mar 4, 7:29 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL61 min
Mar 4, 8:05 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier, Hendry25 min
Mar 4, 8:11 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL49 min
Mar 4, 8:26 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL64 min
Mar 4, 8:31 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier, Hendry59 min
Mar 4, 8:53 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL37 min
Mar 4, 9:06 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach39 min
Mar 4, 9:28 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL62 min
Mar 4, 9:35 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Miami-Dade, Monroe55 min
Mar 4, 9:45 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach60 min
Mar 4, 10:00 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 min
Mar 4, 10:34 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Miami-Dade41 min
Mar 4, 10:53 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL52 min
Mar 4, 11:25 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade50 min
Mar 4, 11:44 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL61 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.