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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

May 10, 2012Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at May 10, 2012, 2:22 PM EDT for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 38 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 10, 2012, 2:22 PM EDT (18:22 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL

County Hendry County, FL

The radar

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The text

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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 May 10, 1:32 PM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 1:32 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 9:09 AM EDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 10, 2:22 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
222 PM EDT THU MAY 10 2012

FLZ063-066-101900-
GLADES FL HENDRY FL
222 PM EDT THU MAY 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GLADES COUNTY
  NORTHEASTERN HENDRY COUNTY

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 218 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOORE HAVEN...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  CLEWISTON...
  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.

LAT...LON 2689 8111 2686 8108 2685 8109 2682 8105
      2681 8094 2680 8095 2678 8094 2675 8089
      2665 8088 2658 8091 2675 8128 2692 8122
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 288DEG 21KT 2679 8111

AK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		56 min
May 10, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Hendry	31 min
May 10, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	41 min
May 10, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		38 min
May 10, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	31 min
May 10, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	45 min
May 10, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Palm Beach	39 min
May 10, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	43 min
May 10, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward, Palm Beach	42 min
May 10, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		64 min
May 10, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward, Palm Beach	22 min
May 10, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		55 min
May 10, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.