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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2014, 6:21 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 24 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, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2014, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 83 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.
343
WWUS82 KMFL 092221
SPSMFL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
621 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2014
FLZ068-072-168-172-092245-
COASTAL BROWARD COUNTY FL-METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL-
COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
621 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN COASTAL BROWARD
COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN METRO BROWARD COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN COASTAL
PALM BEACH COUNTY AND SOUTHEASTERN METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY...
* UNTIL 6:45 PM EDT
* AT 619 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LANTANA TO WILTON
MANORS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS AT ANYTIME ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO
40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTING STRIKES...AND HEAVY RAINFALL.
* THE STORMS WILL AFFECT... FORT LAUDERDALE...WEST PALM
BEACH...POMPANO BEACH...BOCA RATON... DEERFIELD BEACH...BOYNTON
BEACH...DELRAY BEACH...TAMARAC... WELLINGTON...MARGATE...LAKE
WORTH...LIGHTHOUSE POINT...PALM BEACH...LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-
SEA...HIGHLAND BEACH...OCEAN RIDGE... LAUDERHILL...COCONUT
CREEK...OAKLAND PARK AND NORTH LAUDERDALE.
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.
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.
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 2661 8005 2658 8005 2661 8004 2611 8010
2611 8020 2666 8019 2666 8003 2662 8003
2664 8005 2662 8005 2662 8004
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 245DEG 6KT 2657 8005 2616 8013
$$
BAXTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 42 min |
| 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 |
Nearby
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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.