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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2014, 3:18 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 42 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 9, 2014, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 1925 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 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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</html>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 9, 2:37 PM EDT, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 2:37 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 237 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2014 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-MONDAY NIGHT)... A DEEP LAYER RIDGE WILL REMAIN ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. ALL OF THE SHORT TERM MODEL GUIDANCE AGREES WITH THIS SCENARIO. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A LIGHT SOUTHERLY STEERING FLOW TO CONTINUE. DRIER AIR FROM THE BAHAMAS WILL ALSO FILTER IN ACROSS THE REGION WITH FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOWING PWAT LOWERING TO AROUND 1.5 INCHES ON SUNDAY AND POSSIBLY LESS THAN 1.25 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. AT ANY RATE, THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL BE LESS EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK. THE GREATEST CHANCES FOR RAIN EACH DAY WILL BE THE LAKE REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING PERIODS. .LONG TERM (TUESDAY-SATURDAY)... LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF THE FORECAST BUT THERE COULD BE SOME MOISTURE INCREASE AGAIN BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. STEERING FLOW WILL MAINTAIN A MOSTLY SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AS THE DEEP LAYER RIDGE REMAINS IN CONTROL AND SEA BREEZES DEVELOP ALONG BOTH COASTS DURING THE AFTERNOONS. SO THE BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN INTO THE END OF NEXT WEEK WILL BE ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND LAKE REGIONS. && .MARINE... A LIGHT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH SEAS OF LESS THAN 4 FEET EXPECTED. LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS MIGHT DEVELOP NEAR DAILY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. WATER LEVELS MAY RUN SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL COMBINED WITH THE UPCOMING LUNAR PERIGEE ON SUNDAY AND THIS COULD RESULT IN SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING OVER THE TYPICAL MIAMI BEACH AREAS ALONG THE BAY SIDE. THIS WILL BE MONITORED OVER THE WEEKEND ESPECIALLY DURING THE HIGH TIDE CYCLES SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 76 92 78 91 / 10 20 0 20 FORT LAUDERDALE 80 92 81 92 / 0 10 10 20 MIAMI 79 93 80 92 / 0 10 10 20 NAPLES 77 93 76 93 / 0 30 10 30 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && SHORT TERM...13/SI LONG TERM....30/KOB
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 4:37 AM EDT, 10 hours 41 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:18 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 318 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2014 FLZ066-067-070-071-092000- INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL-INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL-HENDRY FL- INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL- 318 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL INLAND COLLIER COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN INLAND BROWARD COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN HENDRY AND SOUTHWESTERN INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY... * UNTIL 400 PM EDT * AT 317 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MICCOSUKEE SERVICE PLAZA...OR 27 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONROE STATION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 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... ROTENBERGER WILDLIFE REFUGE...MICCOSUKEE INDIAN RESERVATION... MICCOSUKEE SERVICE PLAZA...INTERSECTION ALLIGATOR ALLEY AND MIAMI CANAL...BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE RESERVATION...BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE AND WEST BROWARD REC. AREA ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && LAT...LON 2598 8094 2627 8107 2643 8082 2612 8053 TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 238DEG 8KT 2618 8084 BAXTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 41 min | |
| Aug 9, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 53 min | |
| Aug 9, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 24 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.