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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2012, 10:14 AM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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 9, 2012, 10:14 AM EDT (14:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2012, 10:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Miami-Dade County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 1462 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 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 Jul 9, 9:55 AM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 9:55 AM EDT, 19 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 4:11 AM EDT, 6 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 411 AM EDT MON JUL 9 2012 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 101030- 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- 411 AM EDT MON JUL 9 2012 ...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...SLIGHT RISK OF WATERSPOUTS ATLANTIC WATERS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY RAINFALL. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. WATERSPOUTS: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF WATERSPOUTS OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS, INCLUDING BISCAYNE BAY. WIND: A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. HAIL: THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE NICKEL SIZED HAIL, WITH THE GREATEST RISK THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FLOODING: SLOW STORM MOTION WILL ALLOW FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, POTENTIALLY RESULTING IN TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS. RIP CURRENTS: PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE EAST COAST BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY, ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL, OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES, AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST AT THE EAST COAST BEACHES THROUGH MUCH OF THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER INDIVIDUAL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 10:14 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1014 AM EDT MON JUL 9 2012
FLZ073-173-174-091445-
COASTAL MIAMI DADE COUNTY FL FAR SOUTH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL INLAND
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL
1014 AM EDT MON JUL 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT
* AT 1010 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOMESTEAD BAYFRONT PARK...AND MOVING WEST
AT 5 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
RURAL EASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. 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 2540 8033 2544 8050 2557 8044 2554 8031
2553 8032 2547 8033 2546 8032 2545 8032
2544 8031
TIME...MOT...LOC 1414Z 104DEG 4KT 2547 8036
AKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 26 min |
| Jul 9, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 84 min | |
| Jul 9, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 59 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.