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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

July 29, 2014Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 29, 2014, 2:32 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 28 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 29, 2014, 2:32 PM EDT (18:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2014, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 29, 1:42 PM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 1:42 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 3:56 AM EDT, 10 hours 36 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:32 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
232 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2014

FLZ067-068-168-291900-
COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
232 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL COASTAL PALM BEACH
COUNTY...CENTRAL METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY AND EAST CENTRAL INLAND PALM
BEACH COUNTY...

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 232 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LION COUNTRY SAFARI PARK...OR NEAR
  WELLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

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.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  WEST PALM BEACH...BOYNTON BEACH...WELLINGTON...LAKE WORTH...RIVIERA
  BEACH...PALM BEACH...OCEAN RIDGE...GREENACRES...ROYAL PALM BEACH...
  PALM SPRINGS...LANTANA...ATLANTIS...HAVERHILL...CLOUD LAKE...
  LOXAHATCHEE GROVES...GUN CLUB ESTATES...LION COUNTRY SAFARI PARK...
  ROYAL PALM ESTATES...GOLDEN LAKES AND DOWNTOWN WEST PALM BEACH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT THE MIAMI NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI. FOR INFORMATION IN SPANISH, VISIT
OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI/ESPANOL.

&&

LAT...LON 2663 8004 2670 8005 2659 8005 2662 8004
      2659 8004 2658 8005 2653 8005 2655 8004
      2652 8005 2658 8043 2673 8043 2678 8003
      2676 8005 2671 8005 2676 8004
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 271DEG 23KT 2665 8035

SI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach19 min
Jul 29, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward26 min
Jul 29, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade13 min
Jul 29, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL42 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Florida, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.