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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Apr 13, 2012, 7:31 PM EDT for Glades County, Florida. It was in force for 44 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, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2012, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Glades County, FL
The radar
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The text
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</html>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, 4:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 4:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 113 PM EDT FRI APR 13 2012 AMZ610-630-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-140815- 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- 113 PM EDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS... ...SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES LATE... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED...MAINLY LATER TODAY AND THROUGH THE NIGHT TONIGHT AS ONSHORE WINDS AND SURF BEGIN TO INCREASE. THUNDERSTORMS: THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST COAST AREAS AND OVER THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY RISK WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD BE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES...HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. WIND: GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AS A RESULT OF HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING: MOST THUNDERSTORMS ARE SLOW MOVING. THEREFORE LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EASTERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY WHICH WILL RESULT IN A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SEAS WILL ALSO REACH ADVISORY LEVELS SATURDAY OVER THE GULF STREAM WATERS...THEN SLOWLY TREND DOWN TO BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS SUNDAY. .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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 13, 1:32 PM EDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
132 PM EDT FRI APR 13 2012
FLZ067-068-071>074-172-173-131800-
COASTAL BROWARD COUNTY FL COASTAL MIAMI DADE 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
132 PM EDT FRI APR 13 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
BROWARD COUNTY
NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
SOUTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY
* UNTIL 200 PM EDT
* AT 127 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS PORTIONS
OF MIAMI DADE...BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES. THE GENERAL
MOVEMENT IS SLOWLY TO THE EAST. THESE HEAVY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO DEVELOPING IN AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR
FUNNEL CLOUDS. IN ADDITION...MINOR URBAN FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH
THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS.
LAT...LON 2586 8012 2586 8015 2588 8015 2587 8016
2588 8047 2592 8067 2671 8079 2670 8073
2676 8075 2675 8071 2676 8069 2677 8051
2659 8026 2626 8009
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 287DEG 6KT 2621 8051
60Special weather statement, Apr 13, 2:02 PM EDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
202 PM EDT FRI APR 13 2012
FLZ067-068-071>074-168-172-173-131830-
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
202 PM EDT FRI APR 13 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
BROWARD COUNTY
NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT
* AT 155 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PALM BEACH...BROWARD...AND
NORTH MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
15 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH...AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
INTERSECTION I-75 AND U.S. 27...
WESTON...
SAWGRASS MILLS MALL...
DEERFIELD BEACH...
INTERSECTION I-75 AND GRIFFIN ROAD...
SOUTHWEST RANCHES...
AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
ALSO...DEVELOPING IN AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR FUNNEL CLOUDS.
LAT...LON 2584 8014 2585 8015 2588 8015 2584 8017
2582 8017 2580 8014 2582 8017 2580 8018
2591 8061 2649 8064 2675 8050 2654 8004
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 317DEG 13KT 2613 8043Special weather statement, Apr 13, 7:31 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>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, 12:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 30 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, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 25 min |
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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.