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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

July 23, 2016Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2016, 2:59 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 46 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 23, 2016, 2:59 PM EDT (18:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 15 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 2016-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1659 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 2016-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1659 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
771 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 Jul 23, 1:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 1:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 4:05 AM EDT, 10 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
405 AM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016

AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676-
232015-
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-
405 AM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016

...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA,
MAINLY IN THE INTERIOR AND GULF COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS,
ALTHOUGH SOME STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY WIND.

WIND: WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND GULF COAST METRO THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

FLOODING: PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS, PARTICULARLY IN URBAN AREAS, IS POSSIBLE TODAY IN THE GULF
AND ATLANTIC METRO AREAS.

WATERSPOUTS: THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS ACROSS ALL
SOUTH FLORIDA WATERS TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH NEXT
WEEK. STORMS WILL GENERALLY AFFECT THE LOCAL WATERS AND EAST COAST
DURING THE NIGHTTIME AND MORNING HOURS, AND SHIFT TO THE INTERIOR
AND GULF COAST DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. THE PRIMARY
THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WIND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:59 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
259 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016

FLZ073-074-231945-
INLAND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL-METROPOLITAN MIAMI DADE FL-
259 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE
LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND 45 TO 55 MPH WINDS FOR NORTH CENTRAL
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

* AT 258 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER KENDALE LAKES...OR NEAR KENDALL...MOVING
  SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH...
  SMALL 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...
  KENDALL...SWEETWATER...KENDALE LAKES...WEST KENDALL...
  INTERSECTION KROME AND KENDALL DRIVE...THE HAMMOCKS...
  MICCOSUKEE RESORT...SUNSET...TAMIAMI...THE CROSSINGS...
  FOUNTAINBLEAU...COUNTRY WALK...OLYMPIA HEIGHTS...WESTWOOD LAKES...
  KENDALL WEST AND THREE LAKES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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LAT...LON 2583 8036 2568 8035 2562 8047 2581 8056
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 059DEG 5KT 2573 8045

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe45 min
Jul 23, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier46 min
Jul 23, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward39 min
Jul 23, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade50 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.