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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2012, 3:21 PM EDT for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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 28, 2012, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Hendry County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 1204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 832 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
662 WWUS82 KMFL 281921 SPSMFL SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 321 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2012 FLZ066-067-070-071-282000- HENDRY FL INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL 321 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BROWARD COUNTY EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY SOUTHEASTERN HENDRY COUNTY EXTREME EAST CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY * UNTIL 400 PM EDT * AT 317 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE INDIAN RESERVATION...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THE STORM WILL AFFECT... RURAL EASTERN HENDRY COUNTY RURAL WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH...SMALL 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 2660 8121 2660 8084 2625 8086 2627 8113 TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 197DEG 19KT 2638 8094 $$ MJB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 52 min |
| May 28, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 52 min |
| May 28, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 30 min |
| May 28, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 42 min |
| May 28, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 46 min |
| May 28, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 52 min |
| May 28, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 55 min |
| May 28, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 48 min |
| May 28, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 90 min |
| May 28, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 93 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.