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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2012, 2:11 AM EDT for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 49 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
- Jun 1, 2012, 2:11 AM EDT (06:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2012, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Monroe County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 1145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 749 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
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 Jun 1, 2:02 AM EDT, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:02 AM EDT, 9 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 10:09 AM EDT, 16 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1009 AM EDT THU MAY 31 2012 AMZ610-630-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-010000- 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- 1009 AM EDT THU MAY 31 2012 ...A FEW STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND PALM BEACH COUNTY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: ALTHOUGH THE CLOUD COVER WILL LIMIT THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH FLORIDA, A FEW STORMS COULD STILL BECOME STRONG MAINLY AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND PALM BEACH COUNTY WHERE MORE HEATING COULD OCCUR. WIND: THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH TODAY MAINLY AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND PALM BEACH COUNTY. HAIL: THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL MAINLY AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND PALM BEACH COUNTY. RIP CURRENTS: LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF COAST BEACHES TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION ON FRIDAY, WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIEST RAINS AND WITH THUNDERSTORMS, WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF URBAN TYPE FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION: WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER INDIVIDUAL SPOTTERS ESPECIALLY AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND PALM BEACH COUNTY 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. BAXTER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:11 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 211 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 FLZ073-075-174-010700- FAR SOUTH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL INLAND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL MAINLAND MONROE FL 211 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... WEST CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY EAST CENTRAL MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY * UNTIL 300 AM EDT * AT 209 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PA-HAY OKEE OVERLOOK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE STORM WILL AFFECT... SHARK VALLEY OBS TOWER... FORTYMILE BEND... AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. 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. THIS STORM IS SHOWING SIGNS OF ROTATION. RESIDENTS NEAR THE PATH OF SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LAT...LON 2583 8084 2562 8053 2538 8086 2550 8100 TIME...MOT...LOC 0610Z 225DEG 15KT 2550 8086 AK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2:42 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade, Monroe | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 4:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 53 min | |
| Jun 1, 4:49 AM EDT | Flood Watch | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more | 15 hr |
| Jun 1, 7:24 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 81 min | |
| Jun 1, 8:03 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 87 min | |
| Jun 1, 8:39 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 96 min | |
| Jun 1, 8:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 9:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 38 min | |
| Jun 1, 9:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Monroe | 13 min |
| Jun 1, 10:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 94 min | |
| Jun 1, 11:28 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 51 min | |
| Jun 1, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 60 min | |
| Jun 1, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade, Monroe | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 54 min |
| Jun 1, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 52 min | |
| Jun 1, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 20 min |
| Jun 1, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 55 min | |
| Jun 1, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 96 min | |
| Jun 1, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 24 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.