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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

January 15, 2016Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jan 15, 2016, 8:06 AM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 54 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, 8:06 AM EST (13:06 UTC)
Expired
Jan 15, 2016, 9:00 AM EST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 10 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

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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 Jan 15, 5:50 AM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 5:50 AM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 15, 3:27 AM EST, 4 hours 39 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 15, 7:37 AM EST, 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 15, 8:06 AM EST, 0 minutes before
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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, 7:37 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe53 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.