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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

August 27, 2012Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 27, 2012, 11:25 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 65 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 27, 2012, 11:25 AM EDT (15:25 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 2012, 12:30 PM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL

Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 9 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: 2762 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 480 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

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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 27, 10:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 10:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 9:39 AM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 27, 8:07 AM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
807 AM EDT MON AUG 27 2012

FLZ067-071-072-271300-
INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL METRO BROWARD
COUNTY FL
807 AM EDT MON AUG 27 2012

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN BROWARD
COUNTY...CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY...FOR

* UNTIL 900 AM EDT

* AT 805 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
  NORTHWEST ACROSS PALM BEACH COUNTY.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  BELLE GLADE...
  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.

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...CAUSING TEMPORARY PONDING ON
SOME ROADS AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD SLOW DOWN IN HEAVY RAINFALL TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HYDROPLANING
AND LEAVE A SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN OTHER VEHICLES.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2624 8042 2676 8076 2678 8074 2677 8071
      2675 8071 2676 8069 2681 8070 2689 8062
      2695 8062 2696 8061 2696 8046 2628 8021
TIME...MOT...LOC 1206Z 164DEG 33KT 2635 8035

Special weather statement, Aug 27, 9:52 AM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 9:57 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 11:25 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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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, 11:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward, Palm Beach	54 min
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, 11:56 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.