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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 24, 2012, 12:31 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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 24, 2012, 12:31 PM EDT (16:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 2430 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 740 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 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 Aug 24, 7:33 AM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 7:33 AM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 611 AM EDT FRI AUG 24 2012 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 250215- 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- 611 AM EDT FRI AUG 24 2012 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE INTERIOR TODAY... ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EAST COAST... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES DUE TO MODERATE EASTERLY WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING PERIODS OVER THE INLAND LOCATIONS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIER STORMS THAT DEVELOP. WINDS: WIND GUSTS IN THE 35 TO 50 MPH RANGE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND ANY OF THE STRONGER STORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY TROPICAL STORM ISAAC...CURRENTLY CENTERED SOUTH OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC...IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE ON A GENERAL NORTHWEST TRACK OVER THE WEEKEND IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF FLORIDA. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARDS TO THE EXACT TRACK AND INTENSITY OF ISAAC AS IT MAKES ITS FINAL APPROACH AND MOVES INTO THE GENERAL AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST...ISAAC WILL MAKE ITS CLOSEST POINT OF APPROACH SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING TO EXTREME SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY...INTERESTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN PREPARING NOW. VISIT WWW.READY.GOV FOR DETAILED PREPAREDNESS PLANS AND INFORMATION. OTHERWISE, THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. AT THIS TIME NO ACTIVITY OUTSIDE OF THE ORDINARY IS EXPECTED WITH THE MAIN CONCERN BEING LIGHTNING STRIKES. .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, Aug 24, 12:31 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1231 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2012
FLZ068-168-241700-
COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FL METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL
1231 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PALM BEACH
COUNTY...FOR GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...
* UNTIL 100 PM EDT
* AT 1230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PALM BEACH...AND MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
PALM BEACH...
WEST PALM BEACH...
GLEN RIDGE...
PALM SPRINGS...
HAVERHILL...
GOLDEN LAKES...
AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. 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 2662 8004 2661 8003 2659 8020 2678 8019
2680 8003 2666 8003 2665 8003 2663 8003
TIME...MOT...LOC 1631Z 081DEG 15KT 2670 8003
KOBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 11:43 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 min | |
| Aug 24, 1:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 66 min | |
| Aug 24, 2:09 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 9 hr | |
| Aug 24, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 58 min | |
| Aug 24, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| Aug 24, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 26 min |
| Aug 24, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Aug 24, 5:06 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 5:31 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 50 hr |
| Aug 24, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 38 min |
| Aug 24, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Aug 24, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 50 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.