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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

September 19, 2012Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Sep 19, 2012, 5:48 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Sep 19, 2012, 5:48 PM EDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired: Sep 19, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL

County Miami-Dade County, FL

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The text

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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 Sep 19, 2:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 2:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 19, 9:04 AM EDT, 8 hours 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 19, 5:15 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 19, 5:48 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
548 PM EDT WED SEP 19 2012

FLZ070-071-073-075-192215-
INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL INLAND MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY FL MAINLAND MONROE FL
548 PM EDT WED SEP 19 2012

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN BROWARD
COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN COLLIER
COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY...FOR FREQUENT TO
EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 543 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHARK VALLEY OBS TOWER...
  AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  SHARK VALLEY OBS TOWER...
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. 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 2598 8048 2556 8055 2569 8091 2596 8088
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 311DEG 20KT 2573 8070

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 18, 8:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	31 min
Sep 18, 9:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	36 min
Sep 19, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Monroe	30 min
Sep 19, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	27 min
Sep 19, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		77 min
Sep 19, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Miami-Dade	33 min
Sep 19, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	45 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Florida, 2012 Every special weather statement in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.