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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

July 22, 2015Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 22, 2015, 3:02 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 28 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 22, 2015, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2015, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 Jul 22, 1:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 1:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 3:13 AM EDT, 11 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
313 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2015

AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676-
221915-
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-
313 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2015

...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
TODAY WITH THE FOCUS OVER THE INTERIOR. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS.

WIND: THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

TEMPERATURES: HEAT INDICES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE INTERIOR
PENINSULA WILL REACH AROUND 100 DEGREES WITH ISOLATED AREAS
IN THE INTERIOR REACHING NEAR 105 DEGREES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. THE PRIMARY THREATS
FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND GUSTY WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER
INDIVIDUAL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HIGH WIND 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 22, 3:02 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
302 PM EDT WED JUL 22 2015

FLZ073-074-173-221930-
COASTAL MIAMI DADE COUNTY FL-METROPOLITAN MIAMI DADE FL-INLAND MIAMI-
DADE COUNTY FL-
302 PM EDT WED JUL 22 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM EDT...

* AT 302 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
  THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR TAMIAMI TO
  NARANJA...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING. LIGHTNING
  IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN
  SHELTERS FOUND IN PARKS...ON BEACHES OR GOLF COURSES OFFER NO
  PROTECTION FROM THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE
  BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MIAMI...HIALEAH...CORAL GABLES...SOUTH MIAMI...BLACK POINT...
  KENDALL...THE REDLAND...NORTH MIAMI...DORAL...HIALEAH GARDENS...
  PINECREST...OPA-LOCKA...MIAMI SPRINGS...SWEETWATER...WEST MIAMI...
  MEDLEY...KENDALE LAKES...GOULDS...WEST PERRINE AND THE HAMMOCKS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO STREET FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 2574 8022 2571 8025 2569 8025 2569 8026
      2564 8027 2563 8028 2563 8030 2561 8031
      2557 8030 2555 8032 2555 8031 2554 8031
      2554 8033 2550 8034 2545 8033 2550 8045
      2583 8050 2590 8022
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 277DEG 7KT 2579 8043 2552 8042

KONARIK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 8:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade31 min
Jul 22, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward52 min
Jul 22, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward35 min
Jul 22, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward46 min
Jul 22, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade39 min
Jul 22, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach47 min
Jul 22, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach46 min
Jul 22, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.