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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2016, 3:32 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 43 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
- Jul 1, 2016, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 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
- 896 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 881 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 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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</html>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 Jul 1, 1:32 PM EDT, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 1:32 PM EDT, 2 hours before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 10:54 AM EDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1054 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 020000- 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- 1054 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016 ...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STORMS ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY... ...CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS ACROSS ATLANTIC AND GULF WATERS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY OVER SOUTH FLORIDA WITH THE HIGHEST THREAT OVER THE INTERIOR AND EAST COAST METRO AREAS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS, AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. WIND: THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH. FLOODING: SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. TEMPERATURES: HIGHEST HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 105 DEGREES ACROSS INTERIOR AND WESTERN EAST COAST METRO AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA DURING THE MIDDAY AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. WATERSPOUTS: THERE IS A CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS ACROSS THE GULF AND ATLANTIC WATERS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, PARTICULARLY ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. THE GREATEST THREATS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO MINOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RANGE ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, WITH THE BEST CHANCE OVER THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST METRO AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. THE THUNDER THREAT WILL REMAIN LOW FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH THE BEST COVERAGE OVER THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST METRO AREAS. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX TEMPERATURES EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WILL RANGE BETWEEN 100 TO 105 DEGREES ESPECIALLY OVER THE INTERIOR AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 3:32 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
332 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016
FLZ070-071-073-075-012015-
MAINLAND MONROE FL-INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL-INLAND MIAMI-
DADE COUNTY FL-INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL-
332 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLLIER...SOUTHWESTERN BROWARD AND NORTHWESTERN
MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...
* AT 331 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR DADE-COLLIER TRAINING AIRPORT...OR 30 MILES EAST OF
CHOKOLOSKEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING. LIGHTNING
IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN
SHELTERS FOUND IN PARKS...ON BEACHES OR GOLF COURSES OFFER NO
PROTECTION FROM THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE
BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INTERSECTION ALLIGATOR ALLEY AND MIAMI CANAL...
DADE-COLLIER TRAINING AIRPORT...
BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE AND WEST BROWARD REC. AREA ON
ALLIGATOR ALLEY.
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.
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LAT...LON 2578 8090 2593 8107 2616 8093 2615 8059
2588 8062
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 235DEG 21KT 2593 8085
60The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Okeechobee | 50 min |
| Jul 1, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 28 min | |
| Jul 1, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 64 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.