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Wind Chill Watch 1, NWS Miami, FL

January 6, 2014Glades County, Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this wind chill watch at Jan 6, 2014, 4:45 AM EST for Glades County, Hendry County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 7, 2014, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 6, 2014, 4:45 AM EST (09:45 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 7, 2014, 4:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 6, 2014, 2:39 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

Counties Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2014-01-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2014-01-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill watch 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 wind chill watch went out at Jan 6, 12:49 AM EST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 12:49 AM EST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 6, 4:35 AM EST, 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
435 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014

AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676-
070500-
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-
435 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING INTERIOR AREAS...
...FREEZE WATCH AND WIND CHILL WATCH WEST OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE TONIGHT...
...MUCH COLDER AIRMASS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY OVER SOUTH FLORIDA...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

TEMPERATURES: LOWS TONIGHT ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM AROUND
FREEZING JUST WEST OF THE LAKE TO THE UPPER 40S OVER THE METRO AREAS
OF SOUTH FLORIDA. BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH THE COLD
TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS DIPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S TO
MID 30S OVER MUCH OF SOUTH FLORIDA, EXCEPT MID 30S TO MID 40S OVER
THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS AND LOWER TO MID 20S WEST OF LAKE
OKEECHOBEE.

WIND: THE WINDS OVER ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA WATERS WILL INCREASE TO
AT LEAST 25 TO 30 MPH BY TONIGHT WITH EVEN THE POSSIBILITY OF WIND
GUSTS GETTING UP TO GALE FORCE LEVELS.

WAVES: SEAS WILL BUILD QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND THE PASSAGE
OF THE STRONG COLD FRONT IN BOTH THE ATLANTIC AND GULF WATERS. THE
SEAS WILL BE AROUND 7 TO 10 FEET IN THE ATLANTIC WATERS BY LATE
TONIGHT AND 6 TO 14 FEET IN THE GULF WATERS.

RIP CURRENTS: A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA
THIS AFTERNOON ALLOWING FOR THE WINDS TO INCREASE ALONG WITH
NORTHERLY SEAS. THIS WILL LEAD TO MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS
ALONG BOTH THE EAST AND WEST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

VISIBILITY: VISIBILITIES EARLY THIS MORNING OVER THE INTERIOR
AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA WILL BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN MILE
IN THE FOG, WHILE VISIBILITIES OVER THE FAR WESTERN METRO AREAS OF
SOUTH FLORIDA WILL BE BETWEEN ONE QUARTER OF AN MILE TO ONE MILE
IN THE FOG.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE EAST COAST
BEACHES THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...AS THE WINDS SWING TO A EASTERLY
DIRECTION. THE SEAS WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO SUBSIDE TUESDAY AND
SHOULD BE DROP BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BY WEDNESDAY.

.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.

BAXTER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 5, 11:00 PM EST, 5 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1100 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014

FLZ063-066-067-069>071-073-075-174-060700-
GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER-
INLAND BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE-
FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMDALE...MOORE HAVEN...CLEWISTON...
LA BELLE...BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE RESERVATION...PAHOKEE...
SOUTH BAY...BELLE GLADE...WELLINGTON...LION COUNTRY SAFARI...
SOUTH COUNTY REGIONAL PARK...NAPLES...IMMOKALEE...
MICCOSUKEE INDIAN RESERVATION...MARKHAM PARK...HOMESTEAD...
FLORIDA CITY...REDLAND...MICCOSUKEE RESORT...KENDALE LAKES...
WEST KENDALL...COUNTRY WALK...SHARK VALLEY...FLAMINGO...
EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK
1100 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014

...PATCHY TO AREAS OF FOG DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH FLORIDA...

THE SHERIFF OFFICES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ARE REPORTING PATCHY
TO AREAS OF FOG DEVELOPING OVER THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST METRO
AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. FOG WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS THE AREA...AND VISIBILITIES IN THE FOG
COULD FALL BELOW ONE HALF AN MILE AT TIMES. IF THE FOG BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD WITH VISIBILITIES FALLING BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A
MILE...THEN A DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTH FLORIDA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

BAXTER
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 1:44 AM EST, 3 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
144 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014

FLZ063-066-067-069>071-073-075-174-060900-
GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER-
INLAND BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE-
FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMDALE...MOORE HAVEN...CLEWISTON...
LA BELLE...BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE RESERVATION...PAHOKEE...
SOUTH BAY...BELLE GLADE...WELLINGTON...LION COUNTRY SAFARI...
SOUTH COUNTY REGIONAL PARK...NAPLES...IMMOKALEE...
MICCOSUKEE INDIAN RESERVATION...MARKHAM PARK...HOMESTEAD...
FLORIDA CITY...REDLAND...MICCOSUKEE RESORT...KENDALE LAKES...
WEST KENDALL...COUNTRY WALK...SHARK VALLEY...FLAMINGO...
EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK
144 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014

...PATCHY TO AREAS OF FOG CONTINUES TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTH FLORIDA...

THE SHERIFF OFFICES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC CONTINUE TO REPORT PATCHY
TO AREAS OF FOG DEVELOPING OVER THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST METRO
AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA EARLY THIS MORNING. FOG WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP THROUGH SUNRISE ACROSS THE AREA...AND VISIBILITIES IN THE
FOG COULD FALL BELOW ONE HALF AN MILE AT TIMES. IF THE FOG BECOME
MORE WIDESPREAD WITH VISIBILITIES FALLING BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A
MILE...THEN A DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTH FLORIDA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

BAXTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 6, 3:28 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryMFLBroward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more5 hr
Jan 6, 4:58 AM ESTGale WatchMFL10 hr
Jan 6, 4:58 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL4 days
Jan 6, 2:35 PM ESTGale WarningMFL14 hr
Jan 6, 2:35 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL25 hr
Jan 6, 2:35 PM ESTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsMFL14 hr
Jan 6, 2:39 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryMFLCollier, Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach19 hr

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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.