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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

June 8, 2012Glades County, Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 8, 2012, 11:33 AM EDT for Glades County, Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 42 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 8, 2012, 11:33 AM EDT (15:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2012, 12:15 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

Counties Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 2012-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1799 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 2012-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 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
1799 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
908 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 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 8, 9:51 AM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 9:51 AM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 4:15 AM EDT, 7 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
415 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 2012

AMZ610-630-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-082200-
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-
415 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 2012

...NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...
...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH
FLORIDA TODAY. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT
LIGHTNING STRIKES, GUSTY WINDS, HEAVY RAINFALL, AND POTENTIALLY
SMALL HAIL.

WIND: A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH.

FLOODING: SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL. THIS MAY RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE
AREAS AND URBAN AREAS.

RIP CURRENTS: A WEAK SOUTHWESTERLY WIND FLOW WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT
RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE THE COLLIER COUNTY BEACHES, ESPECIALLY
THIS AFTERNOON, AS WINDS INCREASE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER
INDIVIDUAL SPOTTERS 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.

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 12:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades, Hendry55 min
Jun 8, 12:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL63 min
Jun 8, 12:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach24 min
Jun 8, 12:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL66 min
Jun 8, 1:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach31 min
Jun 8, 1:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach43 min
Jun 8, 1:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach29 min
Jun 8, 2:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL58 min
Jun 8, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach25 min
Jun 8, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward28 min
Jun 8, 2:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLPalm Beach115 min
Jun 8, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL65 min
Jun 8, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward28 min
Jun 8, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLMiami-Dade18 min
Jun 8, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward26 min
Jun 8, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL58 min
Jun 8, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade37 min
Jun 8, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL65 min
Jun 8, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL62 min
Jun 8, 5:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade108 min
Jun 8, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward25 min
Jun 8, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward34 min

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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.