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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

June 5, 2012Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 5, 2012, 2:38 PM EDT for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 37 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 5, 2012, 2:38 PM EDT (18:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2012, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Hendry County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 82 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, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1753 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, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1753 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
971 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 5, 1:52 PM EDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 1:52 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 2:05 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
205 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012

AMZ610-630-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-060445-
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-
205 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012

...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING, A FEW STRONG...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS, HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

WIND: WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS.

HAIL: NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY OCCUR WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE
GULF COAST BEACHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE
PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE LIGHTNING STRIKES, BRIEF GUSTY WINDS, AND
HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER INDIVIDUAL
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 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.

GREGORIA

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:38 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
238 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012

FLZ066-067-070-071-051915-
HENDRY FL INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL INLAND
PALM BEACH COUNTY FL
238 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN RURAL BROWARD COUNTY
  SOUTHWESTERN RURAL PALM BEACH COUNTY
  SOUTHEASTERN RURAL HENDRY COUNTY
  EAST CENTRAL RURAL COLLIER COUNTY

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 236 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE
  INDIAN RESERVATION...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE INDIAN RESERVATION...
  ROTENBERGER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

FREQUENT 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 2656 8073 2623 8053 2619 8106 2631 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 244DEG 21KT 2627 8100

GREGORIA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach27 min
Jun 5, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach28 min
Jun 5, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach26 min
Jun 5, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL47 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.