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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Oct 6, 2012, 7:12 PM EDT for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2012, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Monroe County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 62 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.
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</html>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 Oct 6, 2:17 PM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 2:17 PM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 217 PM EDT SAT OCT 6 2012 .DISCUSSION... THE PRIMARY SYNOPTIC FEATURES OF INTEREST AT THE SURFACE WILL BE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WAS ANALYZED EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM KENTUCKY TO NORTHERN MS THIS MORNING AND A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED NORTHEAST OF THE LOCAL AREA OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. BETWEEN NOW AND MONDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE AFFECTING SOUTH FLORIDA, ESPECIALLY OVER THE INTERIOR AND WESTERN SECTIONS. FOR TODAY SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY AND SOME OF THEM COULD AFFECT THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN MOSTLY UNCHANGED. A FEW AREAS OF PATCHY FOG ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF COLLIER, GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES AGAIN TONIGHT. LIGHT WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ARE PROVIDING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS CONDUCIVE FOG FORMATION OVER THE INTERIOR AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. THE BOUNDARY GETS VERY DIFFUSE AS A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EAST OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS MOVES WESTWARD ON MONDAY. THIS IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT THE SURFACE WINDS FROM NORTHEAST TO NORTH BETWEEN MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS SHIFT IS REFLECTED IN THE LATEST 12Z GFS WINDS. VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED ALONG THE EAST COAST DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE WINDS WILL STILL PASSING OVER THE GULF STREAM BEFORE THEY REACH THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA. HOWEVER, THE FLOW WILL BE DRIER IN NATURE AS IT COMES FROM THE CONTINENTAL SURFACE HIGH DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN US. THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE FORECAST BY A SLIGHT DECREASE IN POPS. FOR TEMPERATURES NO CHANGE IS EXPECTED FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES WITH ONLY A SLIGHT COOLING OF 1 TO 3 DEGREES OVER THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF GLADES AND HENDRY DUE TO THE MORE NORTHERLY FLOW AND SLIGHTLY LOWER MOISTURE. AS THIS SURFACE HIGH LIFTS NORTH AND NORTHEASTERLY, WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER SOUTH FLORIDA BY THURSDAY AS THE HIGH BEHIND THE BOUNDARY EXTENDS OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. BY THE END OF THE WORK WEEK THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN US CLEARS THE EAST COAST AND A RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA. && .MARINE... LIGHT EASTERLY FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THIS TIME AHEAD OF THIS APPROACHING BOUNDARY. DRIER AIR WITH MODERATE NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME A POSSIBILITY THROUGH THE FIRST TO MID HALF OF THE UPCOMING WEEK AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ADVANCES SOUTH INTO THE AREA. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NORTHEASTERLY BY THURSDAY. SEAS WILL RESPOND AND INCREASE INTO THE 3 TO 5 FOOT RANGE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE TEMPORARY SHIFT OF THE WINDS TO THE NORTH, THE GRADUAL INCREASE IN SEAS IS DELAYED TO THURSDAY SINCE THE WINDS DO NOT ACQUIRE A SUFFICIENTLY LONG FETCH ALONG THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE HIGH UNTIL THURSDAY. && .AVIATION...(ISSUED 126 PM EDT SAT OCT 6 2012) MODEL GUIDANCE IS INDICATING THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM CLOSER TO THE EAST COAST TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SEA BREEZE MOVES SLOWLY INLAND. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALREADY FORMING ALONG THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY REMAIN TO THE WEST OF THE TAF SITES CLOSEST TO THE COAST...BUT STILL CLOSE ENOUGH THAT VCTS WAS WARRANTED EVERYWHERE. A LIGHT WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT MAY BRING SOME LIGHT RAIN FROM CIRRUS OUTFLOW BACK TOWARDS THE COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS...SO HAVE VCSH FOR THAT POSSIBILITY. OTHERWISE...LIGHT WINDS AND VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. FOR KAPF...THE GULF COAST SEA BREEZE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INLAND OVER THE NEXT HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS MAY GET NEAR KAPF AROUND 20Z-00Z BEFORE DIMINISHING DUE TO LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. FOG AND/OR LOW CIRRUS REMAINS A POSSIBILITY AT KAPF FROM ABOUT 10-14Z...SIMILAR TO THE LAST COUPLE MORNINGS. LIGHT EASTERLY FLOW AT 10 KNOTS OR LESS IS EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD. && .FIRE WEATHER... DESPITE THE DRIER AIR EXPECTED TO FILTER INTO THE AREA FROM NORTH TO SOUTH NEXT WEEK...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN WELL ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS WITH NO RED FLAG CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 77 88 77 88 / 20 40 20 20 FORT LAUDERDALE 77 88 77 88 / 20 30 20 20 MIAMI 76 88 77 89 / 20 40 20 20 NAPLES 75 89 75 89 / 30 40 30 30 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION/MARINE/FIRE...71/JE AVIATION/RADAR...84/AK
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 6, 6:25 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 625 PM EDT SAT OCT 6 2012 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 071100- LAKE OKEECHOBEE-BISCAYNE BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE BAHAMAS-GLADES-HENDRY- INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER- INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-METRO MIAMI DADE- MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD- COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- COASTAL WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH, FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE, FL OUT 20 NM- GULF WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 625 PM EDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS, FOCUSED INTERIOR THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: EAST-NORTHEASTERLY WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS WILL ALLOW FOR A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE EAST COAST BEACHES. THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA THIS EVENING BEFORE DISSIPATING. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST AND THE LOCAL ATLANTIC, GULF WATERS, AND BISCAYNE BAY OVERNIGHT. THE STORMS WILL CONTAIN OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. FLOODING: MINOR STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS SET UP OVER ANY GIVEN LOCATION FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS, AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. EASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK LEADING TO SOME RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI. GREGORIA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 6, 2:56 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 256 PM EDT SAT OCT 6 2012 FLZ067-068-061930- INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL 256 PM EDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY...FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH AND FUNNEL CLOUDS... * UNTIL 330 PM EDT * AT 250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WELLINGTON...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC IN WELLINGTON. STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE. * THE STORM WILL AFFECT... WELLINGTON... 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. RESIDENTS NEAR THE PATH OF SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LAT...LON 2651 8025 2654 8045 2673 8031 2669 8017 TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 018DEG 4KT 2664 8026 GREGORIA
Local storm report, Oct 6, 2:58 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
258 PM EDT SAT OCT 06 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0252 PM FUNNEL CLOUD WELLINGTON 26.66N 80.26W
10/06/2012 PALM BEACH FL EMERGENCY MNGR
PALM BEACH COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELAYED A REPORT
OF A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR PIERSON ROAD AND SOUTH SHORE
BOULEVARD IN WELLINGTON.
&&
ROSSSpecial weather statement, Oct 6, 6:44 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
644 PM EDT SAT OCT 6 2012
FLZ070-071-073-062315-
INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL INLAND MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY FL
644 PM EDT SAT OCT 6 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
BROWARD COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN
COLLIER COUNTY...FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS
OF 45 TO 55 MPH AND POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUDS...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 639 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF DADE-COLLIER TRAINING
AIRPORT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
DADE-COLLIER TRAINING AIRPORT AND SURROUNDING RURAL AREAS...
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.
FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE AND OCCASIONALLY TOUCH DOWN AND PRODUCE
TORNADOES. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 2577 8087 2581 8087 2580 8097 2600 8103
2607 8083 2584 8066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 325DEG 6KT 2591 8086
GREGORIASpecial weather statement, Oct 6, 7:12 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 712 PM EDT SAT OCT 6 2012 FLZ070-073-075-062345- INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL INLAND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL MAINLAND MONROE FL 712 PM EDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN COLLIER COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY...FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH...UP TO NICKEL-SIZED HAIL... AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUDS... * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 709 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DADE-COLLIER TRAINING AIRPORT...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * THE STORM WILL AFFECT... TAMIAMI TRAIL BETWEEN FORTYMILE BEND AND MONROE STATION... FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH...UP TO NICKEL-SIZED HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...OR A COMBINATION OF THESE ARE POSSIBLE. 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. FUNNEL CLOUDS OCCASIONALLY TOUCH DOWN AND PRODUCE TORNADOES. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. RESIDENTS NEAR THE PATH OF SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LAT...LON 2560 8083 2566 8110 2599 8102 2595 8075 TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 013DEG 13KT 2580 8087 GREGORIA
The 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, 9:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 29 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, 7:47 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.