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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

May 29, 2016Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2016, 4:13 PM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 47 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, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL

County Collier County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 81 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: 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.

480 
WWUS82 KMFL 292013
SPSMFL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
413 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016
 
FLZ066-070-071-073-292100-
INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL-INLAND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL-
INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL-HENDRY FL-
413 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING
AND 45 TO 55 MPH WINDS FOR NORTHEASTERN COLLIER...WESTERN BROWARD...
NORTH CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE AND SOUTHEASTERN HENDRY COUNTIES UNTIL 500
PM EDT...

* AT 412 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
  HENDRY CORRECTIONAL TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MICCOSUKEE SERVICE
  PLAZA...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND
  GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH.  LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER
  RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS OFFER NO
  PROTECTION. 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...
  INTERSECTION ALLIGATOR ALLEY AND MIAMI CANAL...MICCOSUKEE INDIAN
  RESERVATION...HENDRY CORRECTIONAL...MICCOSUKEE SERVICE PLAZA...BIG
  CYPRESS SEMINOLE RESERVATION...MILE MARKER 30 ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...
  BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE...WEST BROWARD REC. AREA ON ALLIGATOR
  ALLEY...MILES CITY AND SUNNILAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

&&

LAT...LON 2644 8120 2635 8088 2633 8088 2634 8081
      2625 8050 2588 8047 2617 8144
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 002DEG 6KT 2628 8115 2612 8074 

$$

RAG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	62 min
May 29, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Monroe	51 min
May 29, 2:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Palm Beach	114 min
May 29, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	39 min
May 29, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		37 min
May 29, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Monroe	50 min
May 29, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		85 min
May 29, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier, Monroe	49 min
May 29, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier, Glades, Hendry	41 min
May 29, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	32 min
May 29, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier, Glades	45 min
May 29, 7:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Collier, Glades, Hendry	2 hr
May 29, 7:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		65 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.