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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
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.
- 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
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 5, 1:52 PM EDT, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 1:52 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 27 min |
| Jun 5, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 28 min |
| Jun 5, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 26 min |
| Jun 5, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 47 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.