Alert archive / Florida / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2012, 4:28 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 47 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 6, 2012, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 1299 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 740 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
593
WWUS82 KMFL 062028
SPSMFL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
428 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2012
FLZ071-072-062115-
INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL
428 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN BROWARD
COUNTY...FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR INTERSECTION U.S. 27 PINES BLVD...AND
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
INTERSECTION U.S. 27 PINES BLVD...
WESTON...
EAST TOLL GATE ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...
AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING. LIGHTNING IS
THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN
SHELTERS FOUND IN PARKS...ON BEACHES OR GOLF COURSES OFFER NO
PROTECTION FROM THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE
BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
LAT...LON 2601 8056 2609 8064 2615 8051 2616 8038
2606 8031 2598 8031 2596 8038 2596 8045
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 154DEG 10KT 2602 8043
$$
60The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 10:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 26 min | |
| Aug 5, 10:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 61 min |
| Aug 6, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 49 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.