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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

May 30, 2016Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at May 30, 2016, 12:43 PM EDT for Miami-Dade 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 30, 2016, 12:43 PM EDT (16:43 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2016, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

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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 30, 9:29 AM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 9:29 AM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 12:43 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1243 PM EDT MON MAY 30 2016

FLZ073-173-301730-
COASTAL MIAMI DADE COUNTY FL-INLAND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL-
1243 PM EDT MON MAY 30 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING
AND SMALL HAIL FOR WESTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM EDT...

* AT 1243 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MICCOSUKEE RESORT TO NEAR HOMESTEAD GENERAL AIRPORT...
  AND MOVING WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND
  SMALL HAIL.  LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN
  FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS OFFER NO PROTECTION. SEEK SHELTER
  IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOMESTEAD...THE REDLAND...HOMESTEAD GENERAL AIRPORT...NARANJA...
  EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK...PRINCETON AND INLIKITA.

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.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

&&

LAT...LON 2586 8079 2541 8063 2552 8042 2593 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 1643Z 058DEG 8KT 2583 8065 2551 8051

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward45 min
May 30, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward52 min
May 30, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
May 30, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe41 min

Nearby

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

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.