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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

August 9, 2016Broward County, Florida

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 9, 4:23 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 451 Sw Tamarac, FLCITY OF TAMARAC MESONET SITE FRLCC MEASURED A WIND GUST TO 45 MPH WITH A THUNDERSTORM.
Aug 9, 4:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ne Sunrise, FLDELAYED 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 EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Se Tamarac, FLNUMEROUS 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 EDTTSTM WND GST 451 W Sunrise, FLCITY 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2267 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 2016-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL54 min
Aug 9, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward39 min
Aug 9, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward51 min
Aug 9, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach45 min
Aug 9, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward40 min
Aug 9, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward50 min
Aug 9, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward42 min
Aug 9, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach48 min
Aug 9, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward39 min
Aug 9, 6:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward, Miami-Dade3 hr
Aug 9, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL62 min
Aug 9, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade30 min
Aug 9, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLMiami-Dade42 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.