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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

July 30, 2014Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2014, 4:10 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 35 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 30, 2014, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2014, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

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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, 7:37 PM EDT, 20 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 7:37 PM EDT, 20 hours 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 4:21 PM EDT, 23 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
421 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2014

AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676-
300830-
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-
421 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2014

...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING WITH THE FOCUS FROM THE LAKE
OKEECHOBEE REGION TO PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COUNTIES. THE MAIN
IMPACT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.

WIND: ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MILES PER HOUR WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

TEMPERATURE: THE HEAT INDEX WILL BE BETWEEN 100 AND 105 IN MUCH OF
THE METRO AREAS ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS INCLUDES
THE ATLANTIC AND GULF COASTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED EACH DAY WITH THE PRIMARY RISK BEING LIGHTNING, GUSTY
WIND,AND ISOLATED STREET FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL9 min
Jul 30, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach35 min
Jul 30, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward27 min
Jul 30, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade26 min
Jul 30, 4:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade2 hr
Jul 30, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach47 min
Jul 30, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.