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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2012, 4:59 PM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 46 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
- Aug 3, 2012, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Collier County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.
442
WWUS82 KMFL 032059
SPSMFL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
459 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012
FLZ069-070-032145-
COASTAL COLLIER COUNTY FL INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL
459 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHWESTERN COLLIER COUNTY
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
* AT 457 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GOLDEN GATE ESTATES...AND MOVING NORTH AT
10 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
BIG CORKSCREW ISLAND...
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 2632 8167 2642 8167 2643 8166 2643 8157
2649 8157 2649 8145 2606 8159 2622 8173
2632 8177
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 171DEG 8KT 2627 8161
$$
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, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.