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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Oct 7, 2013, 6:16 PM EDT for Broward 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 7, 2013, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2013, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 778 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 857 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 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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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 7, 2:29 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 2:29 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 229 PM EDT MON OCT 7 2013 ...DRIER WEATHER ON THE WAY FOR LATE THIS WEEK INTO THIS WEEKEND... .SHORT TERM... LOW PRESSURE (REMNANTS OF KAREN) OVER THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA TONIGHT AND SHOULD BE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WATERS ON TUESDAY. A COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO FROM THE LOW WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA BY TUESDAY. THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL KEEP A SOUTHWEST STEERING FLOW OVER SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY ALLOWING FOR THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH FLORIDA TO MOVE EAST NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SO THE HIGHEST POPS WILL REMAIN OVER THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS FOR REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY. ON WEDNESDAY...THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WATERS...AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE STEERING FLOW ON WEDNESDAY TO BE MORE IN A WEST TO NORTHWEST DIRECTION OVER SOUTH FLORIDA WHICH IN TURN WILL FOCUS THE BEST COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN AREAS. HOWEVER...THE POPS OVER MOST OF SOUTH FLORIDA WILL IN THE SLIGHT RANGE DUE TO THE DRY AIR WORKING INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. THE ONLY AREA THAT WILL SEE LOW CHANCE POPS WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF SOUTH FLORIDA. THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME PATCHY FOG OVER THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST METRO AREAS LATE TONIGHT AND AGAIN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...DUE TO THE LIGHT WINDS AND TROPICAL MOISTURE IN PLACE. SO HAVE ADDED PATCHY FOG WORDING TO THE ZONES FOR INTERIOR AND WEST COAST METRO AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA FOR LATE TONIGHT AND AGAIN FOR LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. .LONG TERM... THE FRONT SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE FLORIDA KEYS LATE THIS WEEK BEFORE WASHING OUT THIS WEEKEND...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. THIS WILL KEEP THE DRY AIR IN PLACE OVER SOUTH FLORIDA LATE THIS WEEK INTO THIS WEEKEND. SO WILL KEEP THE WEATHER DRY OVER SOUTH FLORIDA DURING THIS TIME. && .MARINE... THE WINDS OVER THE LOCAL WATERS OF SOUTH FLORIDA WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST DIRECTION TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY BEFORE SWINGING TO A WEST TO NORTHWEST DIRECTION ON WEDNESDAY. THE WINDS WILL THEN CONTINUE TO SWING TO A NORTHEAST TO EAST DIRECTION BY LATE THIS WEEK INTO THIS WEEKEND. THE SPEEDS WILL BE 10 TO 15 KNOTS TONIGHT BEFORE SLOWLY DECREASING TO 10 KNOTS OR LESS BY TUESDAY INTO THIS WEEKEND. SO THE SEAS WILL REMAIN BELOW 3 FEET TONIGHT INTO THIS WEEKEND IN BOTH THE ATLANTIC AND GULF WATERS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 75 90 72 89 / 40 40 20 20 FORT LAUDERDALE 77 90 74 89 / 40 50 30 30 MIAMI 76 90 74 90 / 30 50 30 30 NAPLES 76 87 71 87 / 20 30 20 20 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION/MARINE/FIRE...54/BNB AVIATION/RADAR...13/SI
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 7, 3:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 7, 2:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
239 PM EDT MON OCT 7 2013
FLZ066>068-071945-
HENDRY FL INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL
239 PM EDT MON OCT 7 2013
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PALM BEACH
COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN HENDRY COUNTY...FOR GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45
MPH...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
* AT 235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OKEECHOBEE
TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORT MAYACA TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELLE
GLADE TO HOLEY LAND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...AND MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.
* THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT...
CANAL POINT...
LION COUNTRY SAFARI...
THE ACREAGE...
AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45 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.
LAT...LON 2633 8029 2633 8088 2631 8088 2631 8090
2662 8070 2681 8070 2687 8063 2696 8061
2696 8017 2677 8015
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 252DEG 18KT 2724 8079 2695 8064
2664 8060 2647 8074
SISpecial weather statement, Oct 7, 2:47 PM EDT, 3 hours 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 28 min | |
| Oct 7, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 23 min | |
| Oct 7, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 66 min |
| Oct 7, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 58 min |
| Oct 7, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 52 min | |
| Oct 7, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 57 min | |
| Oct 7, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 30 min | |
| Oct 7, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 34 min |
| Oct 7, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 59 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.