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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Apr 29, 2015, 3:39 AM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 51 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
- Apr 29, 2015, 3:39 AM EDT (07:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2015, 4:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Collier County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 645 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
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 Apr 29, 3:32 AM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 3:32 AM EDT, 7 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 833 PM EDT TUE APR 28 2015 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 291245- 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- 833 PM EDT TUE APR 28 2015 ...FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA...MOVING ONSHORE THE GULF COAST SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN SPREADING EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. WIND: THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS WITH A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 60 MPH ALONG THE GULF COAST. GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. WATERSPOUTS: THERE IS A RISK OF WATERSPOUTS ACROSS THE GULF WATERS OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. AN ELEVATED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS EXISTS FOR THE GULF BEACHES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NECESSARY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER INDIVIDUAL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HIGH WIND, HAIL AND FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI. GREGORIA
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 28, 11:14 PM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1114 PM EDT TUE APR 28 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1236 PM WATER SPOUT 9 NNW CANAL POINT 26.99N 80.66W
04/28/2015 AMZ610 FL STORM CHASER
PHOTO DEPICTS WATER SPOUT ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF PORT
MAYACA. FUNNEL WAS ON WATER FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES.
&&
EVENT NUMBER MFL1500051
KONARIKSpecial weather statement, Apr 29, 3:13 AM EDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
313 AM EDT WED APR 29 2015
FLZ174-290800-
FAR SOUTH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL-
313 AM EDT WED APR 29 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUNNEL CLOUDS
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY UNTIL 400 AM EDT...
* AT 313 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
WITH ROTATION...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR
FLAMINGO...OR NEAR FLAMINGO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK.
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.
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 2519 8080 2519 8078 2520 8081 2522 8081
2525 8086 2539 8075 2533 8050 2520 8072
2521 8074 2519 8075 2519 8073 2518 8076
2517 8077
TIME...MOT...LOC 0713Z 224DEG 12KT 2521 8086
KONARIKSpecial weather statement, Apr 29, 3:39 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 3:04 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 41 min | |
| Apr 29, 3:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 3:42 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 33 min | |
| Apr 29, 4:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 4:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 4:07 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 53 min | |
| Apr 29, 4:49 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 41 min | |
| Apr 29, 4:53 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 34 min | |
| Apr 29, 5:09 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 51 min | |
| Apr 29, 5:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 5:37 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 53 min | |
| Apr 29, 6:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 6:30 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 60 min | |
| Apr 29, 7:13 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Apr 29, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Martin | 32 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.