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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

August 7, 2016Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2016, 4:04 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 56 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
Aug 7, 2016, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Broward County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 2016-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2615 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 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
2615 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

751 
WWUS82 KMFL 072004 CCA
SPSMFL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR STORM MOTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
404 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016
 
FLZ067-068-071>074-168-172-173-072100-
COASTAL MIAMI DADE COUNTY FL-COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
COASTAL BROWARD COUNTY FL-INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-INLAND MIAMI-
DADE COUNTY FL-INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL-METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL-
METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-METROPOLITAN MIAMI DADE FL-
404 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING
AND WINDS UP TO 55 MPH FOR EASTERN BROWARD...EASTERN PALM BEACH AND
NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

* AT 353 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
  THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR CALOOSA TO 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LOXAHATCHEE NWR TO TAMARAC TO KENDALE LAKES...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND
  GUSTY WINDS UP TO 55 MPH.  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...
  MIAMI...HIALEAH...FORT LAUDERDALE...PEMBROKE PINES...HOLLYWOOD...
  MIRAMAR...CORAL SPRINGS...WEST PALM BEACH...POMPANO BEACH...
  DAVIE...PLANTATION...SUNRISE...BOCA RATON...DEERFIELD BEACH...
  BOYNTON BEACH...DELRAY BEACH...TAMARAC...WELLINGTON...
  JUPITER AND MARGATE.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2642 8003 2604 8009 2556 8027 2568 8055
      2615 8044 2643 8048 2660 8039 2696 8028
      2696 8014 2697 8014 2697 8003
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 253DEG 8KT 2693 8021 2642 8039 2621 8027 2569
8043

$$

ALM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward65 min
Aug 7, 4:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLPalm Beach2 hr
Aug 7, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward58 min
Aug 7, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL24 min
Aug 7, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades49 min

Nearby

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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.