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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

April 29, 2015Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Apr 29, 2015, 5:28 AM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 47 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, 5:28 AM EDT (09:28 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2015, 6:15 AM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL

County Miami-Dade County, FL

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The text

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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 Apr 29, 3:32 AM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 3:32 AM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 4:21 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 3:13 AM EDT, 2 hours 15 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

KONARIK

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 3:39 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 4:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 4:05 AM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 4:30 AM EDT, 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 5:28 AM 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
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, 3:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	51 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, 5:37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.