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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2015, 2:47 PM EDT for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 43 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 20, 2015, 2:47 PM EDT (18:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2015, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Monroe County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 2310 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 764 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 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 20, 1:53 PM EDT, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 1:53 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 9:06 AM EDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 906 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 210115- 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- 906 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 ...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS INTERIOR AND GULF COAST... ...WATERSPOUTS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY, WITH THE BEST CHANCES IN THE INTERIOR AND ALONG THE GULF COAST. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. WIND: THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH, MAINLY IN THE INTERIOR AND ALONG THE GULF COAST. TEMPERATURES: THE HEAT INDEX COULD REACH TO BETWEEN 100 AND 107 DEGREES ACROSS MOST OF THE PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON. WATERSPOUTS: WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION IS VERY FAVORABLE TODAY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF WATERSPOUTS WITHIN LINES OF CLOUDS AND SHOWERS. THERE IS A HIGHER RISK THAN USUAL FOR WATERSPOUTS THIS MORNING. FLOODING: WITH SLOW STORM MOTION EXPECTED TODAY LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST EACH DAY, MAINLY OVER THE INTERIOR AND GULF COAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 2:47 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
247 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015
FLZ073-075-174-201930-
FAR SOUTH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL-MAINLAND MONROE FL-INLAND MIAMI-
DADE COUNTY FL-
247 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING
AND 45 TO 55 MPH WINDS FOR WEST CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE AND EAST CENTRAL
MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...
* AT 247 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR PA-HAY-OKEE OVERLOOK...OR 16 MILES WEST OF HOMESTEAD GENERAL
AIRPORT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
* THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. 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...
PA-HAY-OKEE OVERLOOK.
LAT...LON 2527 8091 2526 8092 2534 8097 2533 8097
2535 8099 2533 8102 2537 8104 2542 8097
2543 8109 2555 8117 2557 8111 2553 8106
2553 8105 2554 8105 2557 8106 2557 8110
2568 8080 2558 8068 2521 8093
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 045DEG 16KT 2552 8081
10The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 45 min | |
| Jun 20, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 43 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.