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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at May 17, 2012, 3:32 PM EDT for Glades County, Florida. It was in force for 43 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 17, 2012, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Glades County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 498 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
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 17, 3:11 PM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 3:11 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1007 AM EDT THU MAY 17 2012 AMZ610-630-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-180515- 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- 1007 AM EDT THU MAY 17 2012 ...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY BETWEEN 3 AND 8 PM. WHILE INSTABILITY WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED, INCREASING WIND SHEAR WILL ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW STRONG TO PERHAPS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING, STRONG WIND GUSTS, HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS. ALSO, A BRIEF TORNADO JUST CANNOT BE RULED OUT ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST. WIND: WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. HAIL: HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. FLOODING: LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WITH LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND EAST COAST. ISOLATED STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED LOCALES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TORNADOES: A BRIEF TORNADO JUST CANNOT BE RULED OUT ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. WATERSPOUTS: A BRIEF WATERSPOUT IS POSSIBLE ACROSS BISCAYNE BAY AND THE ATLANTIC WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST DAILY WITH LIGHTNING AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINS BEING THE PRIMARY RISKS AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI. GREGORIA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 17, 3:32 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 17, 3:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 36 min |
| May 17, 6:02 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 58 min | |
| May 17, 7:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| May 17, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 31 min |
| May 17, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 37 min |
| May 17, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 60 min | |
| May 17, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 37 min |
| May 17, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 61 min | |
| May 17, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 35 min |
| May 17, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 58 min | |
| May 17, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Martin | 48 min |
| May 17, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 44 min |
| May 17, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 55 min |
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.