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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

March 29, 2016Glades County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Mar 29, 2016, 4:49 PM EDT for Glades 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
Mar 29, 2016, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2016, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Glades County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1606 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1606 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.4

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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 29, 4:30 PM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 4:30 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 9:43 AM EDT, 7 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
943 AM EDT TUE MAR 29 2016

AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676-
300100-
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-
943 AM EDT TUE MAR 29 2016

...SOME STRONG TO EVEN SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE STARTING LATE
THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTH
FLORIDA. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS FROM ANY STORMS WILL BE FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES, AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY
WINDS AND HAIL.

WIND: THE STRONGEST STORMS TODAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH.

HAIL: HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

FLOODING: SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
AT TIMES THAT MAY LEAD TO STREET FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTH FLORIDA
BRINGING THE CONTINUING THREAT FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EACH
AFTERNOON THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

INCREASING EAST-SOUTHEAST FLOW MID TO LATE WEEK WILL BRING LESS
THAN FAVORABLE BOATING CONDITIONS AND AN INCREASE IN RIP CURRENT
THREAT ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER
INDIVIDUAL SPOTTERS ARE 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.

BAXTER

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 1:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach51 min
Mar 29, 1:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade39 min
Mar 29, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade50 min
Mar 29, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade33 min
Mar 29, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach36 min
Mar 29, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach42 min
Mar 29, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward39 min
Mar 29, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade29 min
Mar 29, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach26 min
Mar 29, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward26 min
Mar 29, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL38 min
Mar 29, 3:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward, Palm Beach3 hr
Mar 29, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward47 min
Mar 29, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades43 min
Mar 29, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach50 min
Mar 29, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward30 min
Mar 29, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier, Hendry43 min
Mar 29, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL98 min
Mar 29, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry43 min
Mar 29, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL55 min
Mar 29, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry40 min
Mar 29, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL35 min
Mar 29, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach43 min
Mar 29, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL57 min
Mar 29, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Miami-Dade70 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Florida, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

Sources

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