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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

June 17, 2016Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 17, 2016, 2:45 PM EDT for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 2016, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2016, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Hendry County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2016-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2322 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 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
2322 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 17, 1:49 PM EDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 1:49 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 10:25 AM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1025 AM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016

AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676-
180230-
LAKE OKEECHOBEE-BISCAYNE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM
EXCLUDING THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF BAHAMAS-GLADES-HENDRY-
INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER-
INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI-DADE-METRO MIAMI-DADE-
MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI-
DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI-DADE-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
1025 AM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY...
...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT GULF BEACHES THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA
DURING THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WITH
THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING FREQUENT LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS, AND
HEAVY RAINFALL.

TORNADOES: THERE IS A LOW RISK OF WATERSPOUTS ACROSS THE GULF AND
ATLANTIC WATERS TODAY.

WIND: WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY OVER PALM BEACH COUNTY AND AROUND LAKE
OKEECHOBEE.

FLOODING: HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OF POOR
DRAINAGE AND URBANIZED AREAS, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EAST COAST
METRO AREA.

A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS LIKELY AT GULF BEACHES TODAY.

TEMPERATURES: APPARENT TEMPERATURES, OR HEAT INDEX, WILL BE AROUND
100 DEGREES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PENINSULA TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS LIKELY AT GULF BEACHES THROUGH
THE WEEKEND.

HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY FOR SMALL CRAFT
OPERATORS, ARE EXPECTED TO START DEVELOPING SUNDAY NIGHT AND
CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY, WITH SEAS POSSIBLY RISING INTO THE
7-10FT RANGE AT TIMES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER
INDIVIDUAL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HIGH WIND AND HAIL
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 17, 1:50 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:45 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 8:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach56 min
Jun 16, 8:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL97 min
Jun 17, 11:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach50 min
Jun 17, 11:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward31 min
Jun 17, 11:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades41 min
Jun 17, 11:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward32 min
Jun 17, 12:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach43 min
Jun 17, 12:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward23 min
Jun 17, 12:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL46 min
Jun 17, 12:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL39 min
Jun 17, 12:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach20 min
Jun 17, 12:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades, Hendry55 min
Jun 17, 12:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward29 min
Jun 17, 12:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach52 min
Jun 17, 12:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL61 min
Jun 17, 1:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL30 min
Jun 17, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry23 min
Jun 17, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry59 min
Jun 17, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL40 min
Jun 17, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL48 min
Jun 17, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL85 min
Jun 17, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier39 min
Jun 17, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade47 min
Jun 17, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL91 min
Jun 17, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL82 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.