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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at May 8, 2012, 2:16 PM EDT for Hendry 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
- May 8, 2012, 2:16 PM EDT (18:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Hendry County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 108 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1310 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 May 8, 12:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 12:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1228 PM EDT TUE MAY 8 2012 .AVIATION...SHRA/TSRA DVLPG INTERIOR AND MOVG NE. WITH SSE SEA BREEZE ON E COAST...SHRA/TSRA TO INCRS IN COVERAGE AND IMPACTING BROWARD/PALM BEACH TERMINALS PRIMARILY BUT MIAMI DADE WL SEE ACTIVITY AS WELL. MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS THRU THE PD BUT THRU 00Z PERIODS OF MVFR CIG/VSBY PSBL BUT UNDECIDED ABT TEMPO GRP INSERTION INTO TAFS ATTM. IF ANY TERMINAL AFFECTED WND GUSTS COULD EXCEED 35 KT. AT KAPF... VFR THRU PD THOUGH SHRA MOVG IN FM GULF PSBL AFT 00Z. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 70 87 71 86 / 30 40 20 40 FORT LAUDERDALE 71 87 74 88 / 30 40 20 40 MIAMI 72 87 73 87 / 20 40 20 30 NAPLES 70 85 71 85 / 10 20 20 30 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION/MARINE/FIRE...14/MJB AVIATION/RADAR...15/JR
Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 11:35 AM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1135 AM EDT TUE MAY 8 2012 AMZ610-630-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-100600- 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- 1135 AM EDT TUE MAY 8 2012 ...FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND EAST COAST MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ALONG THE GULF COAST MAINLY THIS MORNING. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE INTERIOR AND EAST, CONTAINING FREQUENT LIGHTING STRIKES, GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH, SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. WIND: STRONG WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. HAIL: SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING: ISOLATED LOCALES COULD SEE A FEW INCHES OF RAIN OVER A SHORT DURATION WHICH COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED STREET FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL, AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BECOME NORTHEAST AND INCREASE THIS WEEKEND. THIS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES THIS WEEKEND ALONG WITH HAZARDOUS SEAS IN THE ATLANTIC. .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
Special weather statement, May 8, 2:00 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT TUE MAY 8 2012
FLZ072-074-172-173-081845-
COASTAL BROWARD COUNTY FL COASTAL MIAMI DADE COUNTY FL METRO BROWARD
COUNTY FL METROPOLITAN MIAMI DADE FL
200 PM EDT TUE MAY 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY
NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT
* AT 158 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MIAMI
GARDENS TO MIAMI SHORES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT...
MIAMI GARDENS...
MIRAMAR PARKWAY AND UNIVERSITY DRIVE...
NORTH MIAMI BEACH...
COOPER CITY...
NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY...
HOLLYWOOD...
AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH...UP
TO NICKEL-SIZED HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...OR A COMBINATION OF
THESE ARE 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.
ALSO...THESE STORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR
FUNNEL CLOUDS.
RESIDENTS NEAR THE PATH OF SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.
LAT...LON 2600 8011 2590 8011 2585 8015 2588 8015
2584 8017 2596 8034 2613 8026 2608 8010
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 204DEG 14KT 2599 8029 2588 8018
BAXTERSpecial weather statement, May 8, 2:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 9:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 50 min |
| May 7, 10:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 32 min |
| May 8, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 45 min |
| May 8, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 39 min | |
| May 8, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 23 min |
| May 8, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 18 min |
| May 8, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 29 min | |
| May 8, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 47 min |
| May 8, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 44 min |
| May 8, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 37 min |
| May 8, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 61 min | |
| May 8, 3:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 117 min |
| May 8, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 52 min |
| May 8, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 33 min |
| May 8, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 57 min |
| May 8, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 112 min | |
| May 8, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 32 min |
| May 8, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 38 min |
| May 8, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 55 min | |
| May 8, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 37 min |
| May 8, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 39 min |
| May 8, 5:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 115 min |
| May 8, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 82 min | |
| May 8, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 39 min |
| May 8, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.