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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
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 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.
- 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
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
$$
ALMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 65 min |
| Aug 7, 4:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 58 min |
| Aug 7, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 24 min | |
| Aug 7, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 49 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.