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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

May 18, 2016Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at May 18, 2016, 6:09 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 36 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: May 18, 2016, 6:09 AM EDT (10:09 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2016, 6:45 AM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL

County Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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: 2643 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 5.0

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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 May 18, 4:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 4:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 5:27 AM EDT, 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 18, 1:36 AM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 18, 1:49 AM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 3:20 AM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 3:57 AM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 18, 4:43 AM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 6:09 AM 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, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Glades	44 min
May 17, 8:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	56 min
May 17, 9:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Glades, Hendry	3 hr
May 17, 10:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Glades, Hendry	62 min
May 17, 10:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		58 min
May 17, 11:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier, Hendry	55 min
May 17, 11:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Palm Beach	14 min
May 17, 11:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Collier, Hendry	32 min
May 17, 11:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	56 min
May 18, 12:06 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		54 min
May 18, 12:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	52 min
May 18, 12:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	66 min
May 18, 1:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	50 min
May 18, 1:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	39 min
May 18, 3:01 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		89 min
May 18, 3:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	40 min
May 18, 3:25 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Broward	15 min
May 18, 3:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	63 min
May 18, 4:18 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		57 min
May 18, 4:27 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		33 min
May 18, 4:53 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		97 min
May 18, 6:16 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		59 min
May 18, 6:56 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		64 min
May 18, 7:56 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		64 min
May 18, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	49 min
May 18, 2:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Miami-Dade	117 min
May 18, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Glades	45 min
May 18, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		66 min
May 18, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	65 min
May 18, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	33 min
May 18, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	40 min
May 18, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		51 min
May 18, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	65 min
May 18, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		46 min
May 18, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward, Collier	23 min
May 18, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	46 min
May 18, 3:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Miami-Dade	2 hr
May 18, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward	32 min
May 18, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Palm Beach	23 min
May 18, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward, Palm Beach	41 min
May 18, 4:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Miami-Dade	2 hr
May 18, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		35 min
May 18, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	62 min
May 18, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	54 min
May 18, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Glades	50 min
May 18, 4:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Palm Beach	118 min
May 18, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	47 min
May 18, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		44 min
May 18, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	50 min
May 18, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward, Palm Beach	19 min
May 18, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	63 min
May 18, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Hendry	46 min
May 18, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		44 min
May 18, 7:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Glades	3 hr
May 18, 7:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Glades	23 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.