Alert archive / Florida / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Oct 6, 2012, 9:31 AM 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
- Oct 6, 2012, 9:31 AM EDT (13:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 2576 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
409
WWUS82 KMFL 061331
SPSMFL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
931 AM EDT SAT OCT 6 2012
FLZ068-168-061400-
COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FL METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL
931 AM EDT SAT OCT 6 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PALM BEACH
COUNTY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUNNEL CLOUDS...
* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT
* AT 925 AM EDT...PUBLIC AND THE TOWER AT PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT REPORTED WATERSPOUTS NEAR THE COAST ALONG SOUTH PALM BEACH.
FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE PALM BEACH COUNTY COAST THIS
MORNING AS THESE SHOWERS MOVE SLOWLY WESTWARD AND ONSHORE.
* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
SOUTH PALM BEACH...
LAKE WORTH...
AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
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.
LAT...LON 2655 8004 2644 8005 2645 8013 2692 8006
2680 8003 2663 8003 2660 8004 2659 8003
2655 8003
TIME...MOT...LOC 1329Z 122DEG 1KT 2662 8005
$$
AKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 9:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 62 min |
| Oct 6, 9:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| Oct 6, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 34 min |
| Oct 6, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 31 min |
| Oct 6, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 33 min |
| Oct 6, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 28 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.