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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2016, 4:12 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 48 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2016, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 4:23 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 45 | 1 Sw Tamarac, FL | CITY OF TAMARAC MESONET SITE FRLCC MEASURED A WIND GUST TO 45 MPH WITH A THUNDERSTORM. |
| Aug 9, 4:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Sunrise, FL | DELAYED PUBLIC REPORT OF ABOUT 10 TREES DOWN ALONG A CANAL NEAR NW 50 ST AND NW 82 AVE IN LAUDERHILL. TREES WERE ABOUT 20 FEET IN HEIGHT. |
| Aug 9, 4:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Tamarac, FL | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS A SWATH OF TAMARAC FROM APPROXIMATELY NW 57TH STREET AND UNIVERSITY AVE TO NW 64TH AVE AND NW 62ND STREET |
| Aug 9, 4:47 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 45 | 1 W Sunrise, FL | CITY OF SUNRISE MESONET SITE SNRSC MEASURED A WIND GUST TO 45 MPH WITH A THUNDERSTORM |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 2267 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 730 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
041 WWUS82 KMFL 092012 SPSMFL SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 412 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2016 FLZ068-071-072-172-092100- COASTAL BROWARD COUNTY FL-INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL- METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL-METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL- 412 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND 45 TO 55 MPH WINDS FOR NORTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM EDT... * AT 412 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BROADVIEW-POMPANO PARK...OR OVER TAMARAC...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 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... FORT LAUDERDALE...CORAL SPRINGS...POMPANO BEACH...DAVIE... PLANTATION...SUNRISE...DEERFIELD BEACH...TAMARAC...MARGATE... LAUDERHILL...COCONUT CREEK...OAKLAND PARK...NORTH LAUDERDALE... LAUDERDALE LAKES...PARKLAND...WILTON MANORS...LAZY LAKE... BROADVIEW-POMPANO PARK...MELROSE PARK AND GODFREY ROAD. 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. && LAT...LON 2608 8025 2622 8035 2634 8016 2614 8012 TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 238DEG 7KT 2619 8023 $$ IRL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 54 min | |
| Aug 9, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 51 min |
| Aug 9, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 40 min |
| Aug 9, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 6:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 min | |
| Aug 9, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.