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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Oct 1, 2016, 8:52 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 23 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
- Oct 1, 2016, 8:52 PM EDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2016, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 2199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Oct 1, 8:20 PM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 1, 8:20 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 1, 12:20 PM EDT, 8 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1220 PM EDT SAT OCT 1 2016 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 020430- 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- 1220 PM EDT SAT OCT 1 2016 ...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... ...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH MOST STORMS. THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. HAIL: SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE TODAY WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. WINDS: GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH MANY STORMS TODAY. WATERSPOUTS: WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER ALL SOUTH FLORIDA WATERS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST MAY INCREASE LATE THIS WEEKEND. THE RISK WILL LIKELY INCREASE INTO NEXT WEEK. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST EACH DAY, ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE, WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER CONTINUES TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF DANGEROUS MAJOR HURRICANE MATTHEW, CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN. THERE REMAINS A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY ON THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF HURRICANE MATTHEW FOR SOUTH FLORIDA, ESPECIALLY TO THE MAINLAND. HOWEVER, CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING IN DETERIORATING MARINE CONDITIONS FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS STARTING TUESDAY, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO LINGER THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. THESE ADVERSE MARINE CONDITIONS MAY ALSO BRING BEACH EROSION AND COASTAL FLOODING CONCERNS. THE EXACT NATURE OF THESE IMPACTS WILL GREATLY DEPEND ON THE TRACK, STRENGTH, AND TIMING OF THE SYSTEM. NOW IS THE TIME TO REVIEW HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS PLANS AND TO MAKE SURE YOUR HURRICANE SUPPLIES ARE FULLY STOCKED. INTERESTS IN SOUTH FLORIDA SHOULD CONTINUE TO REMAIN WELL INFORMED ON THE FORECAST REGARDING HURRICANE MATTHEW WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER INDIVIDUAL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HIGH WINDS AND HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 1, 8:52 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 3:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 57 min | |
| Oct 2, 3:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 56 min |
| Oct 2, 4:05 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 40 min | |
| Oct 2, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 49 min |
| Oct 2, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 33 min | |
| Oct 2, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 59 min | |
| Oct 2, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 42 min |
| Oct 2, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 67 min | |
| Oct 2, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 44 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.