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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

January 15, 2016Monroe County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jan 15, 2016, 7:37 AM EST for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 53 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 15, 2016, 7:37 AM EST (12:37 UTC)
Expired
Jan 15, 2016, 8:30 AM EST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Monroe County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 94 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-01-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 247 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-01-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 297 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
247 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
386 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

As transmitted.

149 
WWUS82 KMFL 151237
SPSMFL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
737 AM EST FRI JAN 15 2016
 
FLZ069-070-075-151330-
MAINLAND MONROE FL-COASTAL COLLIER COUNTY FL-
INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL-
737 AM EST FRI JAN 15 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 TO 55 MPH WINDS AND THE
DEVELOPMENT OF FUNNEL CLOUDS FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLLIER AND
NORTHWESTERN MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM EST...

* AT 737 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A SHOWER CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A FUNNEL CLOUD 9 MILES WEST OF WILDERNESS WATERWAY...OR
  10 MILES SOUTH OF CHOKOLOSKEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THESE
  WINDS CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND
  UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE
  SHOWER PASSES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE AND LOOP ROAD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FUNNEL CLOUDS OCCASIONALLY TOUCH DOWN AND PRODUCE TORNADOES. MOVE
INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 2593 8128 2588 8113 2575 8100 2562 8125
      2565 8127 2569 8128 2572 8122 2570 8121
      2570 8119 2569 8120 2569 8118 2571 8118
      2577 8125 2576 8126 2577 8126 2579 8127
      2580 8127 2581 8135
TIME...MOT...LOC 1237Z 222DEG 14KT 2565 8132 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 15, 3:38 AM ESTRip Current StatementMFLBroward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach12 hr
Jan 15, 7:35 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL25 min
Jan 15, 8:06 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach54 min
Jan 15, 8:11 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier, Glades, Hendry, Monroe64 min
Jan 15, 9:45 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades, Hendry60 min
Jan 15, 10:55 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades, Hendry95 min
Jan 15, 11:18 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL42 min
Jan 15, 11:20 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL40 min
Jan 15, 11:22 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier, Glades, Hendry38 min
Jan 15, 11:30 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLCollier, Glades, Hendry45 min
Jan 15, 11:47 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL43 min
Jan 15, 12:10 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier, Hendry50 min
Jan 15, 12:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier, Hendry41 min
Jan 15, 12:28 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL32 min
Jan 15, 12:31 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL44 min
Jan 15, 12:42 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach48 min
Jan 15, 12:50 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach25 min
Jan 15, 1:02 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier43 min
Jan 15, 1:11 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach34 min
Jan 15, 1:14 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL31 min
Jan 15, 1:28 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach32 min
Jan 15, 1:45 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 min
Jan 15, 1:50 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Monroe40 min
Jan 15, 1:58 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL32 min
Jan 15, 1:58 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach32 min
Jan 15, 2:12 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL63 min
Jan 15, 2:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward48 min
Jan 15, 2:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade32 min
Jan 15, 2:46 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL29 min
Jan 15, 2:52 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL23 min
Jan 15, 3:01 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade29 min
Jan 15, 3:17 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL43 min
Jan 15, 3:26 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade34 min
Jan 15, 3:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLMiami-Dade12 min
Jan 15, 3:31 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL29 min
Jan 15, 3:47 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL28 min
Jan 15, 4:04 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL56 min
Jan 15, 4:52 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL53 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.