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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
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.
- 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
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 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 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
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Local storm report, Jul 18, 1:06 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 18, 8:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 30 min |
| Jul 18, 9:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 58 min |
| Jul 18, 9:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 10:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 11:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 50 min | |
| Jul 18, 11:41 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 64 min | |
| Jul 18, 12:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 12:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 95 min | |
| Jul 18, 1:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Collier | 119 min |
| Jul 18, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 5:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 25 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.