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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Oct 5, 2012, 4:51 PM EDT for Glades County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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
- Oct 5, 2012, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Glades County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 3467 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
074
WWUS82 KMFL 052051
SPSMFL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
451 PM EDT FRI OCT 5 2012
FLZ063-066-052130-
GLADES FL HENDRY FL
451 PM EDT FRI OCT 5 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN GLADES
COUNTY...NORTHERN HENDRY COUNTY...FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING
AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 446 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF DEVILS GARDEN...AND MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
RURAL NORTHERN HENDRY COUNTY
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 2692 8110 2690 8110 2689 8111 2688 8109
2686 8108 2685 8109 2683 8105 2668 8100
2660 8121 2679 8137 2691 8130
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 150DEG 4KT 2669 8115
$$
60The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 48 min |
| Oct 5, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 44 min |
| Oct 5, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 42 min |
| Oct 5, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 37 min |
| Oct 5, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 42 min |
| Oct 5, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 64 min | |
| Oct 5, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 46 min |
| Oct 5, 7:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Collier | 72 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.