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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

August 26, 2012Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2012, 11:21 PM EDT for Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 54 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 26, 2012, 11:21 PM EDT (03:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 2012, 12:15 AM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL

Counties Broward County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2399 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

766 
WWUS82 KMFL 270321
SPSMFL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1121 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012

FLZ067-068-071-072-168-172-270415-
COASTAL BROWARD COUNTY FL COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FL INLAND BROWARD
COUNTY FL INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL METRO
PALM BEACH COUNTY FL 
1121 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
BROWARD COUNTY...PALM BEACH COUNTY...FOR GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55
MPH...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUNNEL CLOUDS...

* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT

* AT 1118 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED  
  NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN RAINBANDS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC     
  WATERS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH.

* THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT...
  DELRAY BEACH...
  TEQUESTA...
  ABERDEEN...
  JUPITER FARMS...
  CALOOSA...
  LION COUNTRY SAFARI...
  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.

THIS ACTIVITY WAS ALSO DEVELOPING IN AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR THE
FORMATION OF FUNNEL CLOUDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND
LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

FUNNEL CLOUDS OCCASIONALLY TOUCH DOWN AND PRODUCE TORNADOES. MOVE
INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

LAT...LON 2605 8011 2631 8080 2671 8078 2670 8073
      2677 8075 2678 8073 2675 8071 2676 8069
      2681 8070 2687 8063 2696 8061 2696 8015
      2698 8014 2696 8007 2680 8003 2663 8003
      2660 8004 2659 8003
TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 110DEG 31KT 2693 8008 2612 8011

$$
GARCIA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 26, 8:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	44 min
Aug 26, 8:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Broward, Palm Beach	112 min
Aug 26, 9:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	23 min
Aug 26, 9:10 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	MFL	Glades	6 days
Aug 26, 9:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Palm Beach	22 min
Aug 26, 9:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Palm Beach	2 hr
Aug 26, 9:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	37 min
Aug 26, 9:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade	7 min
Aug 26, 10:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	62 min
Aug 26, 10:17 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		118 min
Aug 26, 10:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	57 min
Aug 26, 10:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MFL	Palm Beach	3 hr
Aug 26, 11:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Broward, Palm Beach	2 hr
Aug 27, 12:06 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Palm Beach	114 min
Aug 27, 12:13 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		2 hr
Aug 27, 12:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	52 min
Aug 27, 1:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	56 min
Aug 27, 1:51 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MFL	Palm Beach	9 hr
Aug 27, 1:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Glades, Palm Beach	52 min
Aug 27, 2:08 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		112 min
Aug 27, 2:10 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Palm Beach	110 min
Aug 27, 5:49 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MFL		38 hr
Aug 27, 5:49 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	MFL	Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more	15 hr
Aug 27, 6:23 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	MFL	Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach	19 hr
Aug 27, 6:30 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Palm Beach	2 hr
Aug 27, 6:36 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		24 min
Aug 27, 6:38 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		2 hr
Aug 27, 8:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	53 min
Aug 27, 8:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Glades, Palm Beach	42 min
Aug 27, 8:38 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		52 min
Aug 27, 9:21 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach	114 min
Aug 27, 9:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	23 min
Aug 27, 9:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	18 min
Aug 27, 11:10 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MFL	Broward, Palm Beach	3 hr
Aug 27, 11:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach	65 min
Aug 27, 11:56 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		2 hr
Aug 27, 12:04 PM EDT	Gale Warning	MFL		9 hr
Aug 27, 12:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Miami-Dade	114 min
Aug 27, 12:24 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	MFL	Collier	13 hr
Aug 27, 1:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach	25 min
Aug 27, 1:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Palm Beach	37 min
Aug 27, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward, Palm Beach	62 min
Aug 27, 1:40 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MFL	Broward, Palm Beach	3 hr
Aug 27, 1:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade	118 min
Aug 27, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		91 min
Aug 27, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward, Palm Beach	58 min
Aug 27, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Palm Beach	12 min
Aug 27, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	29 min
Aug 27, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		116 min
Aug 27, 4:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MFL	Broward, Palm Beach	6 hr
Aug 27, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		94 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.