Alert archive / Florida / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2012, 4:22 PM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2012, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Collier County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 5:00 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Naples, FL | NICKEL HAIL REPORTED BY COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFF. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 3179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 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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WWUS82 KMFL 032022
SPSMFL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
422 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012
FLZ069-070-032100-
COASTAL COLLIER COUNTY FL INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL
422 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
WEST CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT
* AT 418 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROYAL PALM HAMMOCK...AND MOVING NORTHWEST
AT 10 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
MARCO ISLAND AIRPORT...
MARCO ISLAND...
BELLE MEADE...
WEST TOLL GATE ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...
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 2631 8175 2598 8145 2586 8153 2589 8155
2589 8159 2590 8162 2589 8164 2590 8165
2589 8169 2587 8167 2591 8174 2595 8176
2597 8175 2609 8181 2617 8182
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 123DEG 11KT 2599 8163
$$
10The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 45 min | |
| Aug 3, 12:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 12:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 1:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 118 min |
| Aug 3, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 57 min | |
| Aug 3, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 50 min |
| Aug 3, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 55 min | |
| Aug 3, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 min | |
| Aug 3, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 5:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Collier | 43 min |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.