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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at May 30, 2016, 1:15 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 45 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, 1:15 PM EDT (17:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2016, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 250 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 476 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 989 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 9:29 AM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 30, 12:43 PM EDT, 32 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 BAXTER
Special weather statement, May 30, 1:15 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
115 PM EDT MON MAY 30 2016
FLZ067-071>073-301800-
INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-INLAND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL-
INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL-METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL-
115 PM EDT MON MAY 30 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE
LIGHTNING...UP TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 45 TO 55 MPH WINDS FOR
CENTRAL BROWARD...SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH AND NORTHWESTERN MIAMI-DADE
COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EDT...
* AT 114 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
LOXAHATCHEE NWR TO INTERSECTION KROME AND U.S. 27 TO 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MICCOSUKEE RESORT...AND MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.
* FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH...
UP TO NICKEL-SIZED HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...OR A COMBINATION
OF THESE ARE POSSIBLE. 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...
WESTERN MIRAMAR...CORAL SPRINGS...PLANTATION...SUNRISE...TAMARAC...
WELLINGTON...WESTON...PARKLAND...SAWGRASS MILLS MALL...
LOXAHATCHEE NWR...INTERSECTION I-75 AND U.S. 27...
INTERSECTION KROME AND U.S. 27...MISSION BAY...
INTERSECTION I-75 AND GRIFFIN ROAD...
MILE MARKER 30 ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...
AND EAST TOLL GATE ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY.
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 2635 8021 2596 8037 2581 8050 2582 8083
2598 8063 2669 8035 2664 8020 2640 8020
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 100DEG 5KT 2653 8023 2593 8043 2585 8058
BAXTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 12:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 47 min |
| May 30, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 52 min |
| May 30, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| May 30, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 41 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.