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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

August 7, 2014Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2014, 8:58 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Aug 7, 2014, 8:58 PM EDT (00:58 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2014, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL

County Broward County, FL

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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 Aug 7, 7:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 7:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 8:52 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 4:49 PM EDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before

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

KONARIK

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
556 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2014

FLZ067-071-072245-
INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL-INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
556 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN INLAND BROWARD
COUNTY AND SOUTHWESTERN INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOLEY LAND WILDLIFE
  REFUGE...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH BAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5
  MPH.

FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM 45 TO 55
MPH...SMALL HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...OR A COMBINATION OF THESE
ARE POSSIBLE. 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 2618 8049 2624 8081 2658 8072 2647 8041
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 204DEG 6KT 2637 8063

KONARIK

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
631 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2014

FLZ067-071-072315-
INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL-INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
631 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN INLAND BROWARD
COUNTY AND CENTRAL INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 629 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR CANAL POINT TO
  NEAR BELLE GLADE CAMP TO 12 MILES EAST OF HOLEY LAND WILDLIFE
  REFUGE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM 45 TO 55
MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE. 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... BELLE GLADE...PAHOKEE...SOUTH
  BAY...OKEELANTA...AND FREMD VILLAGE-PADGETT ISLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...CAUSING TEMPORARY PONDING ON
SOME ROADS AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD SLOW DOWN IN HEAVY RAINFALL TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HYDROPLANING
AND LEAVE A SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN OTHER VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 2650 8041 2615 8037 2624 8059 2652 8074
      2675 8072 2676 8069 2679 8070 2681 8070
      2684 8065 2689 8062 2693 8062 2696 8061
      2696 8044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 298DEG 5KT 2693 8065 2661 8062 2638 8054

KONARIK

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 7:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
726 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2014

FLZ067-068-071-072-080015-
INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL-METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL-
METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
726 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN INLAND BROWARD COUNTY...
METRO BROWARD COUNTY...METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY AND EASTERN INLAND
PALM BEACH COUNTY...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 725 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LION
  COUNTRY SAFARI PARK TO 7 MILES WEST OF LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL
  WILDLIFE REFUGE...TO WESTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING. LIGHTNING IS
THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN
SHELTERS FOUND IN PARKS...ON BEACHES OR GOLF COURSES OFFER NO
PROTECTION FROM THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE
BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  FORT LAUDERDALE...PEMBROKE PINES...HOLLYWOOD...CORAL
  SPRINGS...WEST PALM BEACH...POMPANO
  BEACH...DAVIE...PLANTATION...SUNRISE...AND BOCA RATON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...CAUSING TEMPORARY PONDING ON
SOME ROADS AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD SLOW DOWN IN HEAVY RAINFALL TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HYDROPLANING
AND LEAVE A SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN OTHER VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 2600 8020 2604 8045 2647 8042 2682 8045
      2696 8023 2696 8019 2650 8010
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 258DEG 9KT 2681 8042 2648 8035 2613 8037

KONARIK

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 8:58 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	33 min
Aug 8, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Hendry	27 min
Aug 8, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Hendry	26 min
Aug 8, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	23 min
Aug 8, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Glades	45 min
Aug 8, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	44 min
Aug 8, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	49 min
Aug 8, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Glades	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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.