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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

June 10, 2015Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2015, 5:51 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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 10, 2015, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2015, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Broward County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 45 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, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2015-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2267 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, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2015-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2267 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Jun 10, 3:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 3:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
316 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2015

.DISCUSSION...
ONGOING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PUSH TO THE NORTHEAST
AT A MORE RAPID PACE THAN SEEN YESTERDAY THANKS TO SLIGHTLY STRONGER
NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. THIS SHOULD REDUCE THE OVERALL FLOOD
THREAT. HOWEVER...BRIEF LOCALIZED URBAN FLOODING WILL STILL BE
POSSIBLE AS HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS TRACK ACROSS URBAN AREAS. STILL
BELIEVE THE COVERAGE AND OVERALL INTENSITY OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON SHOULD BE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO THAT OF
YESTERDAY WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING BEING THE MAIN
THREAT. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE QUICKER STORM MOTION...OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
INTERACTION MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO CONVECTIVE ENHANCEMENT
AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUBSEQUENT CONVECTION...THUS POSSIBLY
REDUCING OVERALL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER INTO THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE GULF WATERS WITH CLOSER PROXIMITY TO MID
LEVEL TROUGHING.

MODELS ARE STILL IN AGREEMENT USHERING IN AN EASTERLY FLOW REGIME
BEGINNING THURSDAY AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT
WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL BUILD BACK
ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD BECOMING THE
DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE. THE STRONGER RIDGING WILL ALSO ALLOW
OVERALL COVERAGE OF AFTERNOON CONVECTION TO DECREASE AND BE
RELEGATED MAINLY TO THE INTERIOR AND GULF COASTAL AREAS DUE TO THE
MORE EASTERLY FLOW PATTERN.

SYNOPTIC SCALE PATTERN LOOKS TO REMAIN FAIRLY CONSISTENT LOOKING
LONG RANGE WITH EASTERLY FLOW PERPETUATING ALONG WITH STRONG RIDGING
BEING PREDOMINANT. THIS WILL RESULT IN A FAIRLY DRY PATTERN FOR
THIS TIME OF YEAR.

&&

.AVIATION...
SCT/NUM TSRA ONGOING IN SOFLA THIS AFTERNOON...AND COVERAGE WILL
INCREASE FUTURE BY LATE AFTERNOON. TEMPO MVFR CONDITIONS IN PLACE
AT ALL TERMINALS THROUGH 22Z. MOST AREAS WILL BE DRY BY
MIDNIGHT...WITH THU TSRA HOLDING OFF UNTIL AFTERNOON. AWAY FROM
CONVECTION...SE WINDS 5-10 KT EXPECTED.

&&

.MARINE...
HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA
BEGINNING ON THURSDAY USHERING IN AN EASTERLY FLOW REGIME. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THE
BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WEST PALM BEACH  75  89  77  88 /  20  40  10  20
FORT LAUDERDALE  77  88  79  87 /  30  40  10  20
MIAMI            77  89  79  87 /  30  40  10  20
NAPLES           73  88  74  93 /  40  50  10  40

&&

.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
AM...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...10/CD
LONG TERM....10/CD
AVIATION...23/SK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 9:36 AM EDT, 8 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
936 AM EDT WED JUN 10 2015

AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676-
110145-
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-
936 AM EDT WED JUN 10 2015

...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...
...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS PALM BEACH COUNTY BEACHES...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE
PALM BEACH COUNTY COAST. FOR THE REST OF SOUTH FLORIDA
BEACHES...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS.

THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS THE PRIMARY
THREAT FROM THIS ACTIVITY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG
AND PRODUCE HIGH WINDS AND HAIL.

WATERSPOUTS: THERE IS A RISK FOR WATERSPOUTS ON SOUTH FLORIDA
WATERS.

WIND: THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 55
MPH.

HAIL: HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS.

FLOODING: TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED
FLOODING...PARTICULARLY OVER URBAN AREAS.

VISIBILITY: PATCHY FOG MAY FORM LATE TONIGHT ALONG ALLIGATOR ALLEY
IN THE VICINITY OF THE MUD LAKE FIRE COMPLEX IN COLLIER COUNTY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

CHANCES FOR MAINLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THROUGH THE
PERIOD. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE.

.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.

KONARIK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
327 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2015

FLZ067-068-168-102015-
INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
327 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE
LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND 45 TO 55 MPH WINDS FOR NORTHEASTERN PALM
BEACH COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

* AT 326 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
  NEAR WELLINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
  WEST PALM BEACH...WELLINGTON...JUPITER...PALM BEACH GARDENS...
  RIVIERA BEACH...TEQUESTA...JUNO BEACH...GREENACRES...ROYAL PALM
  BEACH...NORTH PALM BEACH...LAKE PARK...THE ACREAGE...JUNO RIDGE...
  LAKE BELVEDERE ESTATES...NORTH COUNTY AIRPORT...LION COUNTRY SAFARI
  PARK...GOLDEN LAKES...LOXAHATCHEE GROVES...SCHALL CIRCLE AND ROYAL
  PALM ESTATES.

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 2651 8022 2655 8039 2696 8036 2696 8014
      2697 8014 2697 8013 2695 8012 2694 8012
      2695 8010 2697 8012 2697 8009 2686 8005
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 193DEG 12KT 2662 8027

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 12:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward23 min
Jun 10, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMartin30 min
Jun 10, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL47 min
Jun 10, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMartin51 min
Jun 10, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach52 min
Jun 10, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach48 min
Jun 10, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach39 min
Jun 10, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward47 min
Jun 10, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach45 min
Jun 10, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward52 min
Jun 10, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe48 min
Jun 10, 5:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLPalm Beach3 hr
Jun 10, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL52 min
Jun 10, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach48 min
Jun 10, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL44 min
Jun 10, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward43 min
Jun 10, 6:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward38 min
Jun 10, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward48 min
Jun 10, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach41 min

Nearby

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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.