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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2012, 5:25 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 35 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 30, 2012, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMIA), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 2656 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 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 30, 5:17 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 5:17 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 4:51 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 451 PM EDT MON JUL 30 2012 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 311030- 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- 451 PM EDT MON JUL 30 2012 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS INTERIOR SECTIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE INLAND LOCATIONS. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. WIND: THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY, ESPECIALLY ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 5:25 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 525 PM EDT MON JUL 30 2012 FLZ067-302200- INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL 525 PM EDT MON JUL 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTH CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 522 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH COUNTY AIRPORT...AND MOVING VERY SLOWLY NORTHWEST. * THE STORM WILL AFFECT... RURAL NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS OFFER NO PROTECTION. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. LAT...LON 2696 8042 2695 8024 2675 8027 2675 8035 TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 205DEG 10KT 2693 8030 JR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 25 min |
| Jul 30, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 32 min |
| Jul 30, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 31 min |
| Jul 30, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 55 min | |
| Jul 30, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 50 min | |
| Jul 30, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 43 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.