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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

May 17, 2016Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at May 17, 2016, 6:28 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: May 17, 2016, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2016, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL

County Broward County, FL

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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 May 17, 4:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 4:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 10:06 AM EDT, 8 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1006 AM EDT TUE MAY 17 2016

AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676-
180215-
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-
1006 AM EDT TUE MAY 17 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ACROSS THE
ATLANTIC BEACHES THIS MORNING. THE RISK IS FORECAST TO DECREASE
SOME STARTING THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS DECREASE.

THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ARE
FORECAST PARTICULARLY FROM AROUND NOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS WITH MAIN FOCUS ALONG AND NORTH OF TAMIAMI TRAIL, INTERIOR
SOUTH FLORIDA UP TO THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION, AND THE EAST
COAST PARTICULARLY FROM NORTHERN MIAMI DADE TO PALM BEACH COUNTIES.
FREQUENT TO NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES, STRONG GUSTY WINDS, AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS AT THIS TIME.

WIND: THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS
OF UP TO 45-55 MPH.

FLOODING: LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH STREET FLOODING IN POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS IS A CONCERN.

HAIL: SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS
WITH MAINLY PEA SIZE HAIL OR SMALLER EXPECTED.

NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL
REMAIN IN THE FORECAST ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH LATE THIS
WEEK AND PROBABLY INTO THE WEEKEND. THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE PENINSULA.

SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OVER
40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THIS MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW-
LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS EACH DAY.

THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN LOW ACROSS ALL AREA BEACHES
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 17, 3:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 17, 4:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 17, 4:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 17, 4:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 17, 5:32 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 17, 6:28 PM EDT, 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
May 17, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier, Hendry	53 min
May 17, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Hendry, Palm Beach	89 min
May 17, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		58 min
May 17, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	28 min
May 17, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Glades	28 min
May 17, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		46 min
May 17, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	75 min
May 17, 4:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Broward	15 min
May 17, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	58 min
May 17, 6:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Broward	25 min
May 17, 7:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Glades, Hendry	3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.