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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

May 29, 2016Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2016, 3:21 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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 29, 2016, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Broward County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1437 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1437 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
840 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

622 
WWUS82 KMFL 291921
SPSMFL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
321 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016
 
FLZ067-071-072-292000-
INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL-
METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL-
321 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 TO 55 MPH WINDS FOR
NORTHEASTERN BROWARD AND SOUTH CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTIES UNTIL 400
PM EDT...

* AT 321 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF MISSION BAY...OR 11 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CORAL SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. THESE
  WINDS CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND
  UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE
  STORM PASSES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CORAL SPRINGS...PLANTATION...SUNRISE...TAMARAC...WELLINGTON...
  MARGATE...LAUDERHILL...WESTON...NORTH LAUDERDALE...PARKLAND...
  SAWGRASS MILLS MALL...LOXAHATCHEE NWR...
  INTERSECTION I-75 AND U.S. 27...
  INTERSECTION ALLIGATOR ALLEY AND MIAMI CANAL...
  MILE MARKER 30 ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...
  EAST TOLL GATE ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...
  MARKHAM PARK AND RAMBLEWOOD EAST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO STREET FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 2661 8046 2662 8023 2614 8023 2612 8064
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 009DEG 5KT 2641 8038 

$$

RAG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach62 min
May 29, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe51 min
May 29, 2:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLPalm Beach114 min
May 29, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL37 min
May 29, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe50 min
May 29, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL85 min
May 29, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier47 min
May 29, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier, Monroe49 min
May 29, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier, Glades, Hendry41 min
May 29, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier32 min
May 29, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier, Glades45 min
May 29, 7:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLCollier, Glades, Hendry2 hr
May 29, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL65 min

Nearby

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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.