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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

January 28, 2016Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jan 28, 2016, 6:04 PM EST for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 41 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 28, 2016, 6:04 PM EST (23:04 UTC)
Expired: Jan 28, 2016, 6:45 PM EST
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL

County Collier County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 374 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 2.5

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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 28, 3:29 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 3:29 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 28, 1:08 PM EST, 4 hours 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
108 PM EST THU JAN 28 2016

AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676-
290200-
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-
108 PM EST THU JAN 28 2016

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS/HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVE...
...FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES IN EFFECT LATER TODAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS: A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH
SOUTH FLORIDA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT
APPROACHES. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAY OCCUR ALONG THIS LINE AND AN
ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

TORNADOES: ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION WITH
STRONGER SHOWERS AND STORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

WIND: A LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONGER STORMS IN THIS LINE MAY
PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS
IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF AND ATLANTIC WATERS WITH SUSTAINED WINDS
NEAR 25 MPH.

WATERSPOUTS: ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL THE
SOUTH FLORIDA WATERS.

FLOODING: A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA.
PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS
AFTERNOON, WITH A SECONDARY LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH
LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. FLOOD
PRONE AREAS AND ROADWAYS MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH WATER TODAY.

RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE
ATLANTIC AND GULF BEACHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AND
HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED.

APPARENT TEMPERATURES MAY FALL BELOW 45F ACROSS PARTS OF THE
INTERIOR AND WEST COAST SATURDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY TODAY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 28, 4:06 PM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 28, 6:04 PM EST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 27, 7:24 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		66 min
Jan 28, 3:53 AM EST	Flood Watch	MFL	Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach	17 hr
Jan 28, 4:02 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		43 min
Jan 28, 4:05 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MFL		33 hr
Jan 28, 4:33 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		42 min
Jan 28, 4:51 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		24 min
Jan 28, 5:14 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		61 min
Jan 28, 5:17 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		58 min
Jan 28, 5:32 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Monroe	43 min
Jan 28, 6:09 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		51 min
Jan 28, 8:49 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	41 min
Jan 28, 9:17 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	43 min
Jan 28, 10:35 AM EST	Tornado Warning	MFL	Palm Beach	13 min
Jan 28, 10:44 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		91 min
Jan 28, 10:52 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		38 min
Jan 28, 11:10 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		35 min
Jan 28, 12:16 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		29 min
Jan 28, 12:47 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		88 min
Jan 28, 2:28 PM EST	River Flood Warning	MFL	Glades	5 days
Jan 28, 4:35 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		55 min
Jan 28, 5:26 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MFL		64 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.