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Special Marine Warning 89, NWS Miami, FL

May 17, 2012

NWS Miami, FL issued this special marine warning at May 17, 2012, 6:17 PM EDT. It was in force for 58 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: May 17, 2012, 6:17 PM EDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2012, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 58 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 May 17, 3:11 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 3:11 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 10:07 AM EDT, 8 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1007 AM EDT THU MAY 17 2012

AMZ610-630-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-180515-
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-
1007 AM EDT THU MAY 17 2012

...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH
FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY
BETWEEN 3 AND 8 PM. WHILE INSTABILITY WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED,
INCREASING WIND SHEAR WILL ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW STRONG
TO PERHAPS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING,
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING, STRONG WIND GUSTS, HAIL AND
HEAVY RAINS. ALSO, A BRIEF TORNADO JUST CANNOT BE RULED OUT ALONG THE
ATLANTIC COAST.

WIND: WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP.

HAIL: HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP.

FLOODING: LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WITH LOCALIZED RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE INTERIOR
AND EAST COAST. ISOLATED STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF POORLY
DRAINED LOCALES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

TORNADOES: A BRIEF TORNADO JUST CANNOT BE RULED OUT ALONG THE ATLANTIC
COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

WATERSPOUTS: A BRIEF WATERSPOUT IS POSSIBLE ACROSS BISCAYNE BAY AND
THE ATLANTIC WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST DAILY WITH LIGHTNING AND
LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINS BEING THE PRIMARY RISKS AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

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

GREGORIA

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 17, 3:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 17, 3:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 17, 4:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 17, 4:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 17, 5:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
510 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0406 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 SW BRIGHTON SEMINOLE  27.06N 81.08W
05/17/2012  M44.00 MPH       GLADES             FL   MESONET

            A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A WIND GUST OF 44 MPH AT MESONET
            SITE S75WX 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE BRIGHTON SEMINOLE
            RESERVATION.

&&

CARACOZZA

Special weather statement, May 17, 6:10 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
610 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012

FLZ067-172245-
INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL
610 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 608 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF INDIANTOWN...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 10 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  RURAL NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH...SMALL
HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...OR A COMBINATION OF THESE ARE POSSIBLE.
FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. 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 2677 8029 2685 8065 2686 8065 2689 8062
      2695 8062 2696 8061 2696 8028
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 274DEG 10KT 2695 8048

MJB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 17, 3:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	36 min
May 17, 6:02 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		58 min
May 17, 7:11 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		2 hr
May 17, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Glades	43 min
May 17, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	31 min
May 17, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	37 min
May 17, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		60 min
May 17, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Glades	37 min
May 17, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		61 min
May 17, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	35 min
May 17, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Martin	48 min
May 17, 7:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Palm Beach	44 min
May 17, 7:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		55 min

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