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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 6, 2015, 4:15 PM EDT for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 45 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
- Jun 6, 2015, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2015, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Hendry County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 890 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 6, 3:27 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 3:27 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 327 PM EDT SAT JUN 6 2015 .DISCUSSION... BROAD SCALE TROUGH OVER THE AREA WILL LIFT NORTHEAST FROM THE AREA ON SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRIEFLY BUILD IN BEFORE ANOTHER SHORTWAVE DIVES TO THE EASTERN SEABOARD OF THE U.S MON-TUE. THEREAFTER...FIRM RIDGING BUILDS IN OVER FLORIDA FOR THE MIDDLE AND LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. MOISTURE-WISE...APPRECIABLE MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A DRYING TREND THEN OCCURS DURING THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PART OF THE WEEK...BUT HOW MUCH REMAINS UNCERTAIN. ECMWF HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IN SHOWING A VERY DRY ATMOSPHERE ENTERING SOUTH FL ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE BY THU OF NEXT WEEK AND LASTING THOUGH NEXT WEEKEND. GFS THOUGH IS LESS AGGRESSIVE. MODEL CONSENSUS IS FOR TYPICAL SCATTERED-NUMEROUS CONVECTION TO DEVELOP AND FOCUS ACROSS THE INTERIOR THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK AS SEA BREEZES DEVELOP. STABILITY INDICES DON'T CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY...SO ORDINARY TSTORMS ARE FORECAST WITH JUST A FEW STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE. SO FAR AN UNEVENTFUL BEGINNING OF THIS RAINY SEASON. THEN MID-LATE WEEK...ACTIVITY MAY ONLY BECOME ISOLATED WITH FOCUS OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR AS A MORE ESTABLISHED EASTERLY WIND FLOW ENSUES SOUTH OF A STRONGER RIDGE. MODEL QPF IS NOT SIGNIFICANT FOR JUNE...ESPECIALLY FOR THE EAST COAST METRO...WITH CONVECTION CONTINUING TO FOCUS INTERIOR AND BECOMING MORE SPARSE AS NEXT WEEK WARES ON. TEMPS/HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE DURING THE LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK...WI/GREGORIA && .MARINE...A LIGHT WIND FLOW AND CORRESPONDINGLY LOW SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO PREVAIL. A BRIEF INCREASE IN WINDS TO 10-15 KT IS FORECAST SUN-SUN NIGHT BEFORE WINDS LIGHTEN MON-TUE. INCREASING WINDS OF 10-15 KT FORECAST MID-LATE NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 74 87 76 88 / 20 40 20 40 FORT LAUDERDALE 74 86 76 86 / 20 30 20 30 MIAMI 74 87 76 87 / 20 30 20 40 NAPLES 73 89 73 89 / 30 50 40 50 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 3:58 AM EDT, 12 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 358 AM EDT SAT JUN 6 2015 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 062000- 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- 358 AM EDT SAT JUN 6 2015 ...THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON, MOSTLY INTERIOR... ...A FEW STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE INTERIOR. THE MAIN IMPACTS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. WIND: A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 40-50 MPH. HAIL: THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES. FLOODING: HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS TODAY, WHICH COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED STREET FLOODING IN URBAN LOCATIONS. VISIBILITY: A COMBINATION OF SMOKE AND/OR PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE MUD LAKE FIRE COMPLEX AND ADJACENT ROADWAYS LATE TONIGHT. WATERSPOUTS: THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS THROUGH THE ATLANTIC AND GULF WATERS, WITH CONVERGENT LINES OF SHOWERS PRESENT AND WEAK LOW LEVEL SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS. RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES ALONG BOTH COASTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT NEEDED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:20 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 320 PM EDT SAT JUN 6 2015 FLZ073-062000- INLAND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL- 320 PM EDT SAT JUN 6 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND 45 TO 55 MPH WINDS FOR RURAL WEST CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM EDT... * AT 319 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SHARK VALLEY OBS TOWER...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOMESTEAD GENERAL AIRPORT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO STAY OVER THE EVERGLADES WEST OF THE METRO AREA. * 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... HOMESTEAD GENERAL AIRPORT...THE REDLAND AND EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && LAT...LON 2570 8076 2573 8056 2546 8053 2543 8081 TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 345DEG 10KT 2567 8066 MOLLEDA
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:27 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 327 PM EDT SAT JUN 6 2015 FLZ070-062015- INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL- 327 PM EDT SAT JUN 6 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND 45 TO 55 MPH WINDS FOR RURAL CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM EDT... * AT 327 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF COPELAND...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF OCHOPEE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 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... COPELAND...BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE...DEEP LAKE...MILES CITY...INTERSECTION ALLIGATOR ALLEY AND SR 839 AND JEROME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && LAT...LON 2618 8133 2613 8113 2588 8120 2595 8142 TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 018DEG 9KT 2610 8124 MOLLEDA
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:43 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 343 PM EDT SAT JUN 6 2015 FLZ071>073-062030- INLAND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY-INLAND BROWARD COUNTY-METRO BROWARD COUNTY- 343 PM EDT SAT JUN 6 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN BROWARD AND NORTHWESTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES... AT 342 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR MILE MARKER 30 ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEMBROKE PINES...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PEMBROKE PINES...MIRAMAR...WESTON...INTERSECTION U.S. 27 PINES BLVD...INTERSECTION ALLIGATOR ALLEY AND MIAMI CANAL...INTERSECTION I-75 AND U.S. 27...MILE MARKER 30 ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...EAST TOLL GATE ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...INTERSECTION KROME AND U.S. 27 AND SOUTHWEST RANCHES. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY CAN RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIAMI. LAT...LON 2624 8065 2622 8039 2584 8039 2586 8077 TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 015DEG 21KT 2609 8054 BAXTER
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:53 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 353 PM EDT SAT JUN 6 2015 FLZ073-173-062030- COASTAL MIAMI DADE COUNTY-INLAND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY- 353 PM EDT SAT JUN 6 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY... AT 353 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR INTERSECTION KROME AND KENDALL DRIVE...OR NEAR THE REDLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HOMESTEAD...THE REDLAND...HOMESTEAD GENERAL AIRPORT...RICHMOND WEST...KENDALE LAKES...INTERSECTION KROME AND KENDALL DRIVE...THE HAMMOCKS...LEISURE CITY...COUNTRY WALK...NARANJA...THE CROSSINGS... PRINCETON...EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK...INLIKITA...KENDALL WEST AND THREE LAKES. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 2550 8064 2574 8059 2572 8040 2548 8043 TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 298DEG 6KT 2562 8052 BAXTER
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 4:00 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
400 PM EDT SAT JUN 6 2015
FLZ069-070-062030-
COASTAL COLLIER COUNTY-INLAND COLLIER COUNTY-
400 PM EDT SAT JUN 6 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL COLLIER
COUNTY...
AT 359 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ORANGETREE TO 6 MILES EAST OF WEST TOLL GATE ON
ALLIGATOR ALLEY TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROYAL PALM HAMMOCK...AND
MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GOLDEN GATE ESTATES...AVE MARIA...ROYAL PALM HAMMOCK...ORANGETREE...
SOUTH BLOCKS GOLDE...INTERSECTION I-75 AND EVERGLADES BLVD...
FAKAHATCHEE STRAND STATE PRESERVE AND PICAYUNE STRAND STATE FOREST.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY CAN RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN MIAMI.
LAT...LON 2615 8141 2598 8140 2598 8159 2613 8164
2633 8161 2631 8145
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 008DEG 9KT 2628 8154 2615 8154 2605 8146
BAXTERSpecial weather statement, Jun 6, 4:15 PM 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 39 min | |
| Jun 6, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 37 min |
| Jun 6, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 51 min | |
| Jun 6, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 37 min |
| Jun 6, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 50 min |
| Jun 6, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 50 min |
| Jun 6, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| Jun 6, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 61 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.