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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2013, 2:26 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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
- Aug 3, 2013, 2:26 PM EDT (18:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2013, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 391 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Aug 3, 2:10 PM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 2:10 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 403 AM EDT SAT AUG 3 2013 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 040400- 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 SAT AUG 3 2013 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS, FOCUSED INTERIOR/EAST COAST THIS AFTERNOON... ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL, ISOLATED STREET FLOODING POSSIBLE... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TODAY, BECOMING FOCUSED ACROSS THE EAST COAST THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN IMPACTS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES, HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. FLOODING: LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WHICH COULD LEAD TO STREET FLOODING AT ISOLATED LOCALES TODAY. WIND: STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH IS POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. WATERSPOUTS: LIGHT LOW LEVEL WINDS COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY...MOST FOCUSED OVER THE INTERIOR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER INDIVIDUAL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HIGH WIND, HAIL AND 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
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 12:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1258 PM EDT SAT AUG 3 2013 FLZ066-070-031730- HENDRY FL INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL 1258 PM EDT SAT AUG 3 2013 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR HENDRY COUNTY... NORTHERN COLLIER COUNTY...FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH... * UNTIL 130 PM EDT * AT 1254 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF HENDRY CORRECTIONAL I/A/P...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE STORM WILL AFFECT... RURAL CENTRAL 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 2669 8122 2644 8097 2626 8129 2645 8147 TIME...MOT...LOC 1659Z 222DEG 13KT 2643 8126
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 1:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
110 PM EDT SAT AUG 3 2013
FLZ066-067-031745-
HENDRY FL INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL
110 PM EDT SAT AUG 3 2013
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN PALM BEACH
COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN HENDRY COUNTY...FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...
* UNTIL 145 PM EDT
* AT 107 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF OKEELANTA...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
LAKE HARBOR...
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 2643 8082 2669 8095 2674 8085 2671 8081
2671 8078 2669 8074 2672 8073 2677 8075
2678 8073 2675 8071 2676 8069 2680 8070
2682 8066 2645 8041
TIME...MOT...LOC 1711Z 236DEG 7KT 2659 8080Special weather statement, Aug 3, 1:47 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 12:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 1:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 23 min |
| Aug 3, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 60 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.