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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2015, 5:03 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 42 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 23, 2015, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2015, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 1481 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 906 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 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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WWUS82 KMFL 232103
SPSMFL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
503 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2015
FLZ067-068-071-072-168-232145-
INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL-METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL-
INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
503 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT...
* AT 502 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MARGATE TO NEAR BELLE
GLADE CAMP...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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...
CORAL SPRINGS...PLANTATION...SUNRISE...BOCA RATON...DEERFIELD
BEACH...BOYNTON BEACH...DELRAY BEACH...TAMARAC...WELLINGTON...
MARGATE...LAKE WORTH...BELLE GLADE...PAHOKEE...SOUTH BAY...CANAL
POINT...LAUDERHILL...COCONUT CREEK...NORTH LAUDERDALE...GREENACRES
AND ROYAL PALM BEACH.
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.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.
&&
LAT...LON 2657 8004 2658 8005 2655 8005 2613 8023
2653 8081 2686 8063 2661 8005 2659 8005
2659 8004
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 208DEG 13KT 2625 8025 2664 8064
$$
BAXTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 51 min |
| Jul 23, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Okeechobee | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 61 min |
| Jul 23, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 57 min |
| Jul 23, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 39 min |
| Jul 23, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 43 min |
| Jul 23, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 39 min |
| Jul 23, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Florida, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015
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.