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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

April 13, 2012Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Apr 13, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT for Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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: Apr 13, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT (16:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 13, 2012, 12:30 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL

Counties Broward County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

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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 Apr 13, 9:32 AM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 9:32 AM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 4:41 AM EDT, 7 hours 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 13, 11:51 AM EDT, 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1151 AM EDT FRI APR 13 2012

FLZ072-172-131615-
COASTAL BROWARD COUNTY FL METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL
1151 AM EDT FRI APR 13 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY

* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT

* AT 1147 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  HEAVY SHOWER NEAR OAKLAND PARK...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
  A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A WEAK FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR
  INTERSTATE 95 AND COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  OAKLAND PARK...
  LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA...
  WILTON MANORS...
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

ALSO...IS DEVELOPING IN AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR FUNNEL CLOUDS.

LAT...LON 2624 8008 2617 8009 2615 8010 2613 8009
      2601 8011 2600 8012 2622 8023 2630 8013
      2626 8007
TIME...MOT...LOC 1548Z 321DEG 6KT 2620 8014

Special weather statement, Apr 13, 12:00 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1200 PM EDT FRI APR 13 2012

FLZ067-068-071>074-168-172-173-131630-
COASTAL BROWARD COUNTY FL COASTAL MIAMI DADE COUNTY FL COASTAL PALM
BEACH COUNTY FL INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL INLAND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL
INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL METRO PALM BEACH
COUNTY FL METROPOLITAN MIAMI DADE FL
1200 PM EDT FRI APR 13 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  BROWARD COUNTY
  NORTHERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
  PALM BEACH COUNTY

* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT

* AT 1152 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
  SCATTERED HEAVY SHOWERS ACROSS PALM BEACH...BROWARD...AND NORTHERN
  MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED
  FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...
  INTERSECTION I-75 AND GRIFFIN ROAD...
  SAWGRASS MILLS MALL...
  SOUTHWEST RANCHES...
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

ALSO...DEVELOPING IN AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR FUNNEL CLOUDS.

LAT...LON 2655 8004 2600 8011 2580 8011 2573 8014
      2588 8081 2625 8086 2674 8086 2671 8081
      2669 8074 2677 8075 2678 8073 2675 8071
      2676 8069 2681 8070 2687 8063 2695 8062
      2695 8006 2680 8003 2655 8003
TIME...MOT...LOC 1556Z 284DEG 5KT 2606 8039

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 5:28 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	MFL		8 hr
Apr 13, 11:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	24 min
Apr 13, 12:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward, Palm Beach	44 min
Apr 13, 1:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Broward	115 min
Apr 13, 1:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward, Palm Beach	28 min
Apr 13, 2:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward, Palm Beach	28 min
Apr 13, 3:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Palm Beach	2 hr
Apr 13, 3:42 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MFL		48 hr
Apr 13, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Glades	44 min
Apr 13, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Glades, Hendry	25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.