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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

July 18, 2013Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2013, 4:16 PM EDT for Miami-Dade 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
Jul 18, 2013, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2013, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 72 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2013-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1588 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2013-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1588 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 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 Jul 18, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 4:03 AM EDT, 12 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
403 AM EDT THU JUL 18 2013

AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676-
190900-
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-
403 AM EDT THU JUL 18 2013

...LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

FLOODING: LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY WHERE
HEAVIER RAINS OCCUR. SOILS ARE SATURATED FROM THE RECENT HEAVY
RAINFALL, SO IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF
STREETS AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS.

RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE
ATLANTIC BEACHES.

THUNDERSTORMS: A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE IMPACTS
BEING OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

WATERSPOUTS: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF WATERSPOUTS OVER THE LOCAL
WATERS TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

RIP CURRENTS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES,
ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY AS SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS INCREASE.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING
LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

PLEASE REPORT ANY HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OR FLOODING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.

GREGORIA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 18, 1:06 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 18, 1:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 4:16 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 8:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade30 min
Jul 18, 9:02 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade58 min
Jul 18, 9:24 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningMFLMiami-Dade3 hr
Jul 18, 10:26 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade2 hr
Jul 18, 11:40 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL50 min
Jul 18, 11:41 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL64 min
Jul 18, 12:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMFLMiami-Dade3 hr
Jul 18, 12:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL95 min
Jul 18, 1:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLCollier119 min
Jul 18, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward38 min
Jul 18, 5:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade3 hr
Jul 18, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade25 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.