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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 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
- Jul 12, 2015, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2015, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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 53 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
- 1727 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 801 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 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 Jul 12, 3:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 3:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 11:34 AM EDT, 6 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1134 AM EDT SUN JUL 12 2015 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 130345- 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- 1134 AM EDT SUN JUL 12 2015 ...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS INTERIOR AND GULF COAST... ...MARGINAL RISK OF A FEW STRONG STORMS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE INTERIOR AND THE GULF COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SOME OF THE STORM ACTIVITY COULD ALSO LINGER OVERNIGHT PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS, AND SMALL HAIL AS THE MAIN THREATS. WIND: THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH. HAIL: THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SMALL HAIL WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE MAINLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES: HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 100 AND 104 DEGREES ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER INDIVIDUAL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HIGH WIND AND HAIL 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 318 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2015 FLZ063-122000- GLADES FL- 318 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 TO 55 MPH AND UP TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL FOR SOUTHWESTERN GLADES COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM EDT... * AT 318 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MUSE...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF LABELLE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE UP TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. 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... MUSE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. && LAT...LON 2678 8156 2699 8156 2702 8133 2684 8133 TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 226DEG 0KT 2691 8154 KB
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 5:51 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 551 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2015 FLZ070>073-075-122230- MAINLAND MONROE FL-INLAND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL- INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL-INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL- METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL- 551 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...UP TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 45 TO 55 MPH WINDS FOR WESTERN BROWARD...SOUTHEASTERN COLLIER...NORTHWESTERN MIAMI-DADE AND NORTHEASTERN MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT... * AT 551 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOOP ROAD EE CENTER...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF MONROE STATION. 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... WESTON...LOOP ROAD EE CENTER...OASIS RANGER STATION...INTERSECTION ALLIGATOR ALLEY AND MIAMI CANAL...DADE-COLLIER TRAINING AIRPORT... INTERSECTION I-75 AND U.S. 27...MILE MARKER 30 ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...EAST TOLL GATE ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...FORTYMILE BEND...BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE...WEST BROWARD REC. AREA ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY AND LOOP ROAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 2562 8101 2575 8115 2632 8056 2613 8036 TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 091DEG 2KT 2571 8106 KB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 44 min |
| Jul 12, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 25 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.