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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at May 22, 2015, 3:08 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 52 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
- May 22, 2015, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2015, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 1300 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
066 WWUS82 KMFL 221908 SPSMFL SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 308 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2015 FLZ071-072-222000- INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL-METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL- 308 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...UP TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 45 TO 55 MPH WINDS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM EDT... * AT 308 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTON...OR 7 MILES WEST OF DAVIE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. * FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH... UP TO NICKEL-SIZED HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...OR A COMBINATION OF THESE ARE POSSIBLE. 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. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PEMBROKE PINES...MIRAMAR...DAVIE...SUNRISE...WESTON...INTERSECTION U.S. 27 PINES BLVD...INTERSECTION I-75 AND U.S. 27...EAST TOLL GATE ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...SOUTHWEST RANCHES AND MARKHAM PARK. LAT...LON 2619 8041 2613 8033 2596 8045 2610 8066 TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 049DEG 6KT 2611 8042 $$ KONARIK
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 May 22, 2:51 PM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 2:51 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
251 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2015
...LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS DEVELOPING ATLANTIC BEACHES THIS
HOLIDAY WEEKEND...
.DISCUSSION...
THE WEATHER ELEMENT HAVING POTENTIALLY THE HIGHEST IMPACT ACROSS
OUR SERVICE AREA THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND WILL BE AN EAST WIND.
SOUNDS INNOCENT? BUT IT IS NOT. A STRENGTHENING EASTERLY WIND,
ESPECIALLY BY SUNDAY AND MEMORIAL DAY, WILL LEAD TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC
BEACHES. GIVEN THE CROWDS EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES THIS HOLIDAY
WEEKEND...HAVE ISSUED AN EARLY STATEMENT TO HIGHLIGHT A HIGH RISK
OF RIP CURRENTS...EFFECTIVE FOR THE PALM BEACH, BROWARD, AND
MIAMI-DADE BEACHES FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY.
IT WILL BE A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF NICER BEACH WEATHER WHILE AT
THE SAME TIME THE SURF BECOMES LIFE-THREATENING. WE ENCOURAGE OUR
PARTNERS TO HIGHLIGHT THIS RISK AS WELL AS SAFETY MESSAGES -- IF
YOU SWIM, ALWAYS SWIM IN FRONT OF A LIFEGUARD. HERE'S HOPING WE
HAVE A SAFE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AT OUR BEACHES!
AS FAR AS THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND...MOISTURE
AND INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN HIGH THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL AS
SATURDAY, THEN MOISTURE DECREASES SUN-MON...AND MORE SIGNIFICANTLYBY
THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK (PER A CONSENSUS OF THE GLOBAL
MODELS) AS DRY AIR MOVES INTO FLORIDA AROUND A STRONG HIGH OVER
THE ATLANTIC. WIND FLOW WILL BECOME EASTERLY BY TOMORROW...AND
THIS WILL FOCUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE INTERIOR TO THE GULF COAST
EACH AFTERNOON.
THREAT FOR INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE
INTERIOR AND POSSIBLY AGAIN ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND GULF COAST ON
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE THREATS BEING FREQUENT LIGHTNING,
STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL.
TEMPS/HUMIDITY GET TAPPED DOWN A TAD DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF
NEXT WEEK AS THAT DRY AIR MOVES IN FROM THE EAST ON A REFRESHING
BREEZE. BOTH GFS AND ECMWF SHOW DEWPOINTS DROPPING BACK INTO THE
60S TUE-THU...LIKELY THE LAST "FRESH" GASP BEFORE THE SUMMER
SAUNA SETS IN! /GREGORIA
&&
.MARINE...WINDS WILL BECOME EASTERLY THIS WEEKEND AND BE ON THE
INCREASE...INTO THE 15-20 KT RANGE BY SUN-MON. THIS WILL LEAD TO
ROUGH MARINE CONDITIONS ALONG WITH BUILDING SEAS OF 4-5 FT ACROSS
THE ATLANTIC WATERS.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WEST PALM BEACH 75 88 79 87 / 20 20 20 20
FORT LAUDERDALE 77 87 78 87 / 10 20 20 30
MIAMI 76 89 77 87 / 20 20 20 30
NAPLES 74 93 72 93 / 20 60 30 50
&&
.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR FLZ168-172-173.
AM...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 12:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1209 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2015 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 230415- 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- 1209 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2015 ...LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS DEVELOPING ATLANTIC BEACHES BY SUNDAY-MEMORIAL DAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...FOCUSING ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG, CONTAINING FREQUENT LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. WIND: THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. HAIL: SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. FLOODING: ISOLATED STREET AND LOW LYING FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. VISIBILITY: POOR VISIBILITY IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA LATE TONIGHT DUE TO THE LARGE WILDFIRE IN RURAL COLLIER COUNTY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLOWLY WANE AND SHIFT TO THE WESTERN AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE DEVELOPING ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AS WINDS TURN EASTERLY AND INCREASE. THIS STRONG ONSHORE WIND WILL LEAD TO ROUGH SURF AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL BE GREATEST SUNDAY AND MEMORIAL DAY. .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
Special weather statement, May 22, 2:13 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 213 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2015 FLZ067-221900- INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL- 213 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND 45 TO 55 MPH WINDS FOR NORTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM EDT... * AT 212 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LION COUNTRY SAFARI PARK...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WELLINGTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH... SMALL HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...OR A COMBINATION OF THESE ARE POSSIBLE. 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. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WELLINGTON...ROYAL PALM BEACH... LION COUNTRY SAFARI PARK... THE ACREAGE... NORTH COUNTY AIRPORT... LOXAHATCHEE GROVES AND LOXAHATCHEE NWR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. && LAT...LON 2650 8037 2682 8049 2689 8021 2651 8021 TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 346DEG 5KT 2677 8034 KB
Special weather statement, May 22, 2:58 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 258 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2015 FLZ067-221945- INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL- 258 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...UP TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 45 TO 55 MPH WINDS FOR SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM EDT... * AT 258 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WELLINGTON. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH... UP TO NICKEL-SIZED HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...OR A COMBINATION OF THESE ARE POSSIBLE. 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. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WELLINGTON AND LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO STREET FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 2639 8049 2673 8042 2659 8022 2634 8033 TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 312DEG 2KT 2653 8036 KONARIK
Special weather statement, May 22, 3:08 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 308 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2015 FLZ071-072-222000- INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL-METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL- 308 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...UP TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 45 TO 55 MPH WINDS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM EDT... * AT 308 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTON...OR 7 MILES WEST OF DAVIE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. * FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH... UP TO NICKEL-SIZED HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...OR A COMBINATION OF THESE ARE POSSIBLE. 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. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PEMBROKE PINES...MIRAMAR...DAVIE...SUNRISE...WESTON...INTERSECTION U.S. 27 PINES BLVD...INTERSECTION I-75 AND U.S. 27...EAST TOLL GATE ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...SOUTHWEST RANCHES AND MARKHAM PARK. LAT...LON 2619 8041 2613 8033 2596 8045 2610 8066 TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 049DEG 6KT 2611 8042 KONARIK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 12:07 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 7 days |
| May 22, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 47 min |
| May 22, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 31 min |
| May 22, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 47 min |
| May 22, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 41 min |
| May 22, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 50 min |
| May 22, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 46 min |
| May 22, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 28 min |
| May 22, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 45 min |
| May 22, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 46 min |
| May 22, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 44 min |
| May 22, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 42 min |
| May 22, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 40 min |
| May 22, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 48 min |
| May 22, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 57 min |
| May 22, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 40 min |
| May 22, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 41 min |
| May 22, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 23 min |
| May 22, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 52 min |
| May 22, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 49 min |
| May 22, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 47 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.