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Special Weather Statement, NWS Key West, FL
NWS Key West, FL issued this special weather statement at Jan 17, 2016, 7:36 AM EST. It was in force for 69 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
- Jan 17, 2016, 7:36 AM EST (12:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2016, 8:45 AM EST
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Key West, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 760 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 723 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 511 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 486 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 9.2
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Key West, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jan 17, 3:19 AM EST, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 3:19 AM EST, 4 hours 17 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 17, 5:47 AM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 547 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 FLZ076>078-GMZ031>035-042>044-052>055-072>075-181100- MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BLACKWATER SOUND, BUTTONWOOD SOUND, AND BARNES SOUND- BAYSIDE AND GULFSIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE- GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT AND BEYOND 5 FATHOMS- GULF OF MEXICO INCLUDING DRY TORTUGAS AND REBECCA SHOAL CHANNEL- GULF OF MEXICO FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT TO 5 FATHOMS- HAWK CHANNEL FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT TO THE REEF- HAWK CHANNEL FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE OUT TO THE REEF- HAWK CHANNEL FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT TO THE REEF- STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO SOUTH OF HALFMOON SHOAL OUT 20 NM- STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 20 NM- STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO SOUTH OF HALFMOON SHOAL 20 TO 60 NM OUT- STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 547 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING... ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THIS MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SQUALL LINE WILL PASS THROUGH THE FLORIDA KEYS AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH...AN ISOLATED WATERSPOUT OR TORNADO...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS THIS MORNING DUE TO FREQUENT SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL BECOME WEST LATER THIS MORNING BEFORE DECREASING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL KEYS COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING DUE TO FREQUENT SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS NEAR 35 KNOTS. THESE WINDS WILL BECOME WEST BEFORE DECREASING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ALL KEYS COASTAL WATERS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR ALL KEYS COASTAL WATERS SUNDAY NIGHT. WATERS LEVELS ALONG THE GULF AND BAY SIDES OF THE FLORIDA KEYS MAY REACH ONE TO ONE AND A HALF FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. SOME OVERTOPPING OF DOCKS AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING OF THE LOWEST ELEVATION STREETS MAY OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME FOR MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR ALL KEYS COASTAL WATERS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF THE FLORIDA STRAITS WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED FOR ALL KEYS COASTAL WATERS FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. INDIVIDUAL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO THE FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN KEY WEST. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/KEY.
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Special weather statement, Jan 17, 7:06 AM EST, 30 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jan 17, 7:36 AM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
736 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
FLC087-171345-
UPPER KEYS IN MONROE FL-MIDDLE KEYS IN MONROE FL-
736 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR UPPER AND MIDDLE KEYS IN MONROE
COUNTIES UNTIL 845 AM EST...
AT 734 AM EST...A LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
7 MILES EAST OF FLAMINGO TO NEAR MARATHON...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 TO
50 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARATHON...LONG KEY VIADUCT...WEST END OF CHANNEL 5 BRIDGE...EAST END
OF LONG KEY VIADUCT...KEY LARGO...JEWFISH CREEK BRIDGE...WEST END OF
LONG KEY VIADUCT...PLANTATION...WINDLEY KEY AND UPPER MATECUMBE KEY.
THIS INCLUDES US 1 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 59 AND 111.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN KEY WEST.
&&
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN KEY WEST DIRECTLY AT 3 0 5...2 9 6...1 3 1 6...EXTENSION 3.
LAT...LON 2513 8038 2495 8057 2482 8081 2482 8079
2481 8080 2471 8112 2497 8056 2512 8044
2522 8048 2516 8045 2514 8041 2523 8045
2520 8038 2528 8037 2535 8026
TIME...MOT...LOC 1234Z 250DEG 48KT 2513 8081 2469 8103
KNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Key West, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 4:17 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 88 min | |
| Jan 17, 4:33 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 87 min | |
| Jan 17, 5:43 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 62 min | |
| Jan 17, 5:57 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 63 min | |
| Jan 17, 6:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | KEY | Monroe | 63 min |
| Jan 17, 6:42 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 63 min | |
| Jan 17, 7:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | KEY | 39 min | |
| Jan 17, 7:35 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 55 min | |
| Jan 17, 8:29 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 2 hr | |
| Jan 17, 11:49 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | KEY | Monroe | 7 hr |
| Jan 17, 12:33 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | KEY | 3 days |
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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.