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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

July 31, 2012Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2012, 4:51 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 24 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 31, 2012, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

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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 Jul 30, 6:01 PM EDT, 22 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 6:01 PM EDT, 22 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
601 PM EDT MON JUL 30 2012

.UPDATE...RAISED POPS ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS THROUGH 00Z TO
ACCOUNT FOR ONGOING CONVECTION WHICH WILL LIKELY REMAIN SCATTERED
TO NUMEROUS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 517 PM EDT MON JUL 30 2012/

AVIATION...A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BE OVER S FLA THROUGH
THE PERIOD, ALOFT AND TO THE SW OF THE AREA...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW
WILL PULL SOME MOISTURE OVER S FLA. VCSH POSSIBLE MIAMI DADE AND
BROWARD TERMINALS OVER NITE WITH VCTS FROM 15Z-18Z AS TSTMS DEVELOP
ALONG THE E COAST SEA BREEZE BUT MOVE WESTWARD INLAND. AT THIS
TIME KPBI MAY HAVE NO CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. SURFACE WINDS SE-SSE 8
TO 12 KTS DECREASING AFT 00Z TO CALM OR LIGHT SE. AFTER 15Z
BECOMING SE 10 KTS. AT KAPF...VCSH UNTIL 02Z THEN VFR WITH CALM
WINDS. AFT 13Z SE WINDS < 8 KTS BECOMING AFT 17Z SW AROUND 10 KTS
AS W COAST SEA BREEZE DVLPS. VCTS AFT 20Z- 24Z.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 215 PM EDT MON JUL 30 2012/

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...TUTT LOW OVER WESTERN CUBA
SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWESTWARD. WATER VAPOR IMAGES
SHOWS MOISTURE ALOFT WRAPPING AROUND THIS LOW AND BEING ADVECTED
OVER SOUTH FLORIDA. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT
OF DAILY SHOWERS/TSTMS ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA. LOCATION WILL
LARGELY DEPEND ON LOCAL SEA/LAKE BREEZES, BUT A MOSTLY EASTERLY
STEERING FLOW WILL TEND TO KEEP MOST ACTIVITY INLAND AND WEST
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND OVER EASTERN AREAS NIGHTTIME AND EARLY
MORNINGS. A MID LATITUDE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO BUILD SOUTHWARD
ACROSS SE U.S. AND THIS WILL RESULT IN A MORE WEST-SOUTHWEST DEEP
LAYER FLOW BY WEDNESDAY, AND ALTHOUGH A DECREASE IN AVAILABLE
MOISTURE IS EXPECTED, ANY SHOWER/STORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL LIKELY
BE STEERED TOWARD THE EASTERN METRO AREAS.

LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...AN ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE
RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD WESTWARD ACROSS THE REGION WITH A DEEP
LAYER EASTERLY FLOW RETURNING TO THE LOCAL AREA. WITH DEEPER
MOISTURE OVER THE REGION...A RETURN TO AFTERNOON SHWRS/STORM OVER
INTERIOR/WEST AND NIGHTTIME/EARLY MORNING SHOWERS OVER EASTERN
AREAS SHOULD BE EXPECTED.

MARINE...PLEASANT WEATHER CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH THE
REST OF THE WEEK WITH SFC WINDS AOB 15 KTS AND SEAS AOB 2 FEET.

FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS AT THIS TIME.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WEST PALM BEACH  77  89  76  90 / 10 20 10 30
FORT LAUDERDALE  78  90  78  90 / 10 20 10 30
MIAMI            78  91  78  91 / 10 20 10 30
NAPLES           78  91  78  92 / 20 20 10 20

&&

.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
AM...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 6:23 PM EDT, 22 hours 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade38 min
Jul 31, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade46 min
Jul 31, 4:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade101 min
Jul 31, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade30 min
Jul 31, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades44 min
Jul 31, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades47 min
Jul 31, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL66 min
Jul 31, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach45 min
Jul 31, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach49 min
Jul 31, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.