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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

June 1, 2012Miami-Dade County, Monroe County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2012, 3:38 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 52 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, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

Counties Miami-Dade County, FL, Monroe County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 320 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1052 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1052 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Jun 1, 2:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:38 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 2:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe49 min
Jun 1, 2:42 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLMiami-Dade, Monroe25 min
Jun 1, 4:22 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL53 min
Jun 1, 4:49 AM EDTFlood WatchMFLBroward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more15 hr
Jun 1, 7:24 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL81 min
Jun 1, 8:03 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL87 min
Jun 1, 8:39 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL96 min
Jun 1, 8:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe62 min
Jun 1, 9:22 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL38 min
Jun 1, 9:25 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLMonroe13 min
Jun 1, 10:11 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL94 min
Jun 1, 11:28 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL51 min
Jun 1, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 min
Jun 1, 2:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe53 min
Jun 1, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade54 min
Jun 1, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL52 min
Jun 1, 4:25 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLMiami-Dade20 min
Jun 1, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL55 min
Jun 1, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade38 min
Jun 1, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL96 min
Jun 1, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward24 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.