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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

January 11, 2012Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jan 11, 2012, 9:42 AM EST for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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
Jan 11, 2012, 9:42 AM EST (14:42 UTC)
Expired
Jan 11, 2012, 10:15 AM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Collier County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Key West, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-01-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 246 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Key West, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-01-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
246 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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 Jan 11, 9:14 AM EST, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 9:14 AM EST, 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 3:27 AM EST, 6 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
327 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012

FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-112330-
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-
327 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012

...A FEW STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION AND GULF COAST TODAY...
...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS GULF BEACHES...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR GULF WATERS...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RIP CURRENTS: SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH COMBINED WITH WAVE ACTION
WILL RESULT IN A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE GULF
BEACHES.

THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
REGION THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION AND THE GULF COAST...WITH THE
MAIN THREATS BEING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AROUND 40 MPH.

WIND: A FEW STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40
MPH. THERE IS ALSO A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF
WATERS FOR SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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.

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 11, 4:05 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL11 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Florida, 2012Every special weather statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.