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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

July 2, 2012Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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: Jul 2, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL

County Hendry County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1555 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 896 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 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.

738 
WWUS82 KMFL 022200
SPSMFL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
600 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

FLZ066-070-022230-
HENDRY FL INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL 
600 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTY 
  NORTH CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY 

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 558 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FELDA...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  FELDA...
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM 45 TO 55 
MPH...SMALL 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 2643 8157 2669 8157 2673 8130 2639 8128
      2638 8159 2643 8159
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 006DEG 6KT 2654 8144

$$

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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 Jul 2, 4:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 4:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
425 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

.UPDATE...YOU CAN VISIBLY SEE HAZE OUTSIDE TODAY WHICH LOOKS TO BE
SAHARAN AIR (DUST ORIGINATING FROM THE SAHARAN DESERT OF AFRICA).
THIS ALONG WITH OUR UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND GOOD SEA BREEZE
CONVERGENCE COULD INVIGORATE CONVECTION THROUGH THIS EVENING.
THE MORNING MIAMI SOUNDING DOES SHOW A CAP AT AROUND 22K
FEET...BUT CELLS IN MARTIN COUNTY ARE HAVING NO TROUBLE GETTING
ABOVE THIS. ALSO, THERE DOES LOOK TO BE SOME UPPER LEVEL
DIVERGENCE. WATER VAPOR SHOWERS DIVERGENT FLOW ALOFT AROUND AN
UPPER RIDGE TO OUR NORTH AND AN UPPER LOW TO OUR SOUTHEAST. HRRR
SHOWS A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT INTERIOR OVER THE NEXT FEW HR.
INCREASED POPS THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH HIGHEST POPS INTERIOR.
ADDED THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE INTERIOR TO THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER
OUTLOOK. /GREGORIA

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 229 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2012/

SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-THURSDAY NIGHT)...
THE LATEST NUMERICAL GUIDANCE IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE
MID-WEEK PERIOD AND INDICATES DEEP LAYER RIDGING REMAINING AS THE
MAIN SYNOPTIC FEATURE IN CONTROL OF THE LOCAL WEATHER. THE LOW-
LEVEL RIDGE AXIS IS FORECAST TO SHIFT TO THE NORTH...WHICH WILL
ALLOW THE LIGHT EASTERLY FLOW SOUTH OF THE RIDGE TO PREVAIL
ACROSS THE AREA. ALTHOUGH PLENTY OF MID/UPPER DRY AIR COMBINED
WITH DEEP LAYER RIDGING WILL TEND TO SUPPRESS ANY DEEP MOIST
CONVECTION FROM DEVELOPING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS...AFTERNOON SEA BREEZES CONVERGING WILL KEEP THE RAIN CHANCES
IN THE FORECAST EACH DAY (MAINLY ISOLATED IN COVERAGE). THE BEST
CHANCE WILL REMAIN OVER THE INTERIOR AND GULF COAST EACH
AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH THE EASTERLY FLOW IN PLACE. TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN SLIGHT ABOVE AVERAGE EACH DAY WITH HIGHS REACHING THE
LOW TO MID 90S. HEAT INDICES MAY REACH THE 105 TO 108 DEGREE RANGE
OVER INLAND PORTIONS OF COLLIER COUNTY BY TUESDAY AND AROUND 100
DEGREES ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH FLORIDA DURING THIS PERIOD. LATER
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...MODELS CONTINUE TO HINT AT INCREASING
PWAT VALUES AS A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHES AND MOVES INTO THE
AREA. IF THIS VERIFIES...COULD SEE A PERIOD OR TWO WITH ENHANCED
SHOWER ACTIVITY.

LONG TERM (FRIDAY-SATURDAY)...
SLIGHTLY DRIER CONDITIONS MAY AGAIN RETURN TO THE LOCAL AREA BY
FRIDAY...HOWEVER, MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER WEAK TROPICAL
WAVE MAY SPREAD ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY RESULTING
A FEW SHWRS/TSTMS DURING THE WEEKEND.

MARINE...
LIGHT EASTERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE
REMAINS IN CONTROL. SLIGHTLY CHOPPIER CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN
POSSIBLE AROUND THE COASTAL LOCATIONS AND ACROSS THE BAY ASSOCIATED
WITH THE AFTERNOON SEA BREEZES. SLIGHTLY HIGHER RAIN CHANCES
POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AS A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE
APPROACHES AND MOVES INTO THE AREA.

FIRE WEATHER...
NO CONCERNS AS RH VALUES REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS EACH DAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WEST PALM BEACH  76  89  78  88 / 20 20 10 20
FORT LAUDERDALE  78  92  79  89 / 10 20 10 30
MIAMI            78  91  79  90 / 20 20 10 30
NAPLES           74  89  75  92 / 20 20 10 30

&&

.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
AM...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&

DISCUSSION/MARINE/FIRE...85/AG
AVIATION/RADAR...30/KOB

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 3:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
356 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676-
031100-
LAKE OKEECHOBEE-BISCAYNE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE BAHAMAS-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-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH, FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE, FL OUT 20 NM-
GULF WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM
20 TO 60 NM-
356 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE INTERIOR THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER INTERIOR
SOUTH FLORIDA WHERE A FEW COULD BECOME SEVERE, PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TOWARDS
THE COASTS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING
BEFORE DISSIPATING.

WIND: DAMAGING WINDS TO AROUND 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE INTERIOR.

HAIL: LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
INTERIOR.

RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE
ATLANTIC BEACHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH
DAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL, OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING
STRIKES, AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE.

THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE AT THE EAST COAST BEACHES
THROUGH MUCH OF THIS PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT SEVERE WEATHER 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, Jul 2, 4:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
436 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

FLZ066-067-070-071-022115-
HENDRY FL INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL INLAND
PALM BEACH COUNTY FL
436 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 431 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF ROTENBERGER WILDLIFE
  MANAGEMENT AREA...AND MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  MICCOSUKEE SERVICE PLAZA...
  COLLIER/BROWARD LINE AND ALLIGATOR ALLEY...
  BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE INDIAN RESERVATION...
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM 45 TO 55
MPH...SMALL 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 2610 8106 2648 8111 2651 8063 2612 8055
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 083DEG 8KT 2632 8084

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
447 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

FLZ067-068-022130-
INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL
447 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANTOWN...AND MOVING
  SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  RURAL NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE 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 2671 8048 2696 8046 2696 8024 2696 8017
      2671 8013
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 354DEG 9KT 2697 8032

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:39 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
539 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

FLZ067-022215-
INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL
539 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 536 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CANAL POINT...AND MOVING
  SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  RURAL CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM 45 TO 55
MPH...SMALL 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 2658 8048 2671 8073 2696 8055 2689 8026
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 028DEG 6KT 2680 8054

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:45 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
545 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

FLZ063-066-022215-
GLADES FL HENDRY FL
545 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN GLADES COUNTY
  NORTHWESTERN HENDRY COUNTY

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LA BELLE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  RURAL NORTHWESTERN HENDRY COUNTY
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE 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 2688 8157 2690 8150 2665 8124 2655 8155
      2665 8157
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 348DEG 5KT 2674 8147

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 6:00 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
600 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

FLZ066-070-022230-
HENDRY FL INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL
600 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTY
  NORTH CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 558 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FELDA...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  FELDA...
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM 45 TO 55
MPH...SMALL 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 2643 8157 2669 8157 2673 8130 2639 8128
      2638 8159 2643 8159
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 006DEG 6KT 2654 8144

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	39 min
Jul 2, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	43 min
Jul 2, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Palm Beach	52 min
Jul 2, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	36 min
Jul 2, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Hendry	30 min
Jul 2, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Hendry	45 min
Jul 2, 6:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Collier, Hendry	42 min
Jul 2, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Hendry	30 min
Jul 2, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	31 min
Jul 2, 7:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	41 min
Jul 2, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Glades	33 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.