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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

March 25, 2016Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Mar 25, 2016, 5:26 AM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 64 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
Mar 25, 2016, 5:26 AM EDT (09:26 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2016, 6:30 AM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 00:00Z on 2016-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1554 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 00:00Z on 2016-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1554 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
10.0

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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 Mar 25, 4:18 AM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 4:18 AM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 4:15 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
415 AM EDT FRI MAR 25 2016

AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676-
252015-
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 FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM
EXCLUDING THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF 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-
WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
415 AM EDT FRI MAR 25 2016

...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH
FLORIDA, MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON BUT ALSO POSSIBLE AT ANY
TIME. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 40
MPH AND SMALL HAIL, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STORMS TO REACH
SEVERE LEVELS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR HIGHER. THE
MOST LIKELY AREA FOR THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE FROM THE LAKE
OKEECHOBEE AREA SOUTH TO THE PALM BEACHES AND NORTHERN BROWARD
COUNTY.

WIND: GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THE STORMS
TODAY ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA. THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE THE
POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER,
MAINLY FROM THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE AREA SOUTH TO THE PALM BEACHES AND
NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTY.

HAIL: SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THE STORMS ACROSS SOUTH
FLORIDA.

FLOODING: HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING
OF STREETS AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH FLORIDA,
WITH THE GREATEST LIKELIHOOD FROM THE BROWARD AND PALM BEACH
COUNTY METRO AREAS TO AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

WATERSPOUTS: THUNDERSTORMS MAY SPAWN WATERSPOUTS OVER THE GULF AND
ATLANTIC WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT.

RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE
ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY, ALONG WITH A SLIGHT RISK AT THE GULF COAST
BEACHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS
WEEKEND THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF STORMS
IS EXPECTED TO BE ON SATURDAY AROUND AND WEST OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE
WHERE SOME STORMS COULD REACH STRONG TO SEVERE LEVELS WITH
DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE, ALONG WITH HAIL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.

THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MAINLY OVER THE INTERIOR OF
THE PENINSULA SUNDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, WITH THE
MAIN THREATS BEING OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES, GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO MINOR FLOODING.

THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT ELEVATED AT THE ATLANTIC
BEACHES THIS WEEKEND AS WINDS REMAIN OUT OF THE EAST AND
SOUTHEAST, WITH A DECREASING RISK EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. INDIVIDUAL SPOTTERS ARE ALWAYS
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HIGH WIND, HAIL AND FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI.

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

MOLLEDA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 24, 11:51 PM EDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 25, 5:26 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 8:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL35 min
Mar 24, 10:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward, Palm Beach3 hr
Mar 25, 8:47 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL58 min
Mar 25, 8:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier48 min
Mar 25, 9:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier50 min
Mar 25, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward37 min
Mar 25, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMartin35 min
Mar 25, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward42 min
Mar 25, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL65 min
Mar 25, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMartin41 min
Mar 25, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade41 min
Mar 25, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMartin44 min
Mar 25, 4:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLPalm Beach3 hr
Mar 25, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade43 min
Mar 25, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL38 min
Mar 25, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMartin48 min
Mar 25, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL42 min
Mar 25, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward49 min
Mar 25, 5:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLPalm Beach2 hr
Mar 25, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL64 min
Mar 25, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach55 min
Mar 25, 6:29 PM EDTFlood WatchMFLPalm Beach3 hr
Mar 25, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL57 min
Mar 25, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach66 min
Mar 25, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL26 min
Mar 25, 7:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLPalm Beach3 hr

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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.