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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2014, 4:49 PM EDT for Glades County, Florida. It was in force for 41 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 7, 2014, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2014, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Glades County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 1780 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
873
WWUS82 KMFL 072049
SPSMFL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
449 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2014
FLZ063-072130-
GLADES FL-
449 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL GLADES ...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 448 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF VENUS
TO PALMDALE TO NEAR MOORE HAVEN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
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.
* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...LAKEPORT...BUCKHEAD RIDGE...BRIGHTON
SEMINOLE RESERVATION...LAKE HICPOCHEE AND INDIAN PRAIRIE CANAL
MOUTH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS ACTIVITY WAS ALSO DEVELOPING IN AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR THE
FORMATION OF FUNNEL CLOUDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND
LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
&&
LAT...LON 2714 8091 2713 8089 2707 8096 2704 8094
2706 8097 2697 8109 2693 8108 2693 8112
2684 8109 2682 8097 2681 8095 2681 8098
2677 8095 2677 8109 2690 8133 2703 8146
2703 8127 2712 8127 2712 8117 2721 8117
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 275DEG 14KT 2710 8150 2696 8130 2679 8104
$$
KONARIKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 49 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.