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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

October 6, 2016Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Oct 6, 2016, 6:21 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 24 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 6, 2016, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Oct 6, 2016, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2016-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1124 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
734 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

196 
WWUS82 KMFL 062221
SPSMFL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
621 PM EDT THU OCT 6 2016
 
FLZ067-068-168-062245-
COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
621 PM EDT THU OCT 6 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 TO 55 MPH WINDS FOR
NORTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

* AT 621 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF HOBE SOUND BEACH TO 7 MILES EAST OF TEQUESTA TO 9
  MILES EAST OF JUNO BEACH...AND MOVING SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 70 MPH.

* THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. 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...
  WEST PALM BEACH...WELLINGTON...JUPITER...PALM BEACH GARDENS...LAKE
  WORTH...RIVIERA BEACH...PALM BEACH...TEQUESTA...JUNO BEACH...
  GREENACRES...ROYAL PALM BEACH...PALM SPRINGS...NORTH PALM BEACH...
  LANTANA...LAKE PARK...ATLANTIS...HAVERHILL...CLOUD LAKE...THE
  ACREAGE AND GUN CLUB ESTATES.

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.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

&&

LAT...LON 2658 8003 2657 8017 2662 8030 2696 8021
      2696 8014 2697 8014 2697 8003
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 034DEG 61KT 2710 8002 2700 7996 2689 7990 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 11:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward51 min
Oct 6, 5:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL45 min
Oct 6, 5:14 AM EDTFlood WatchMFLPalm Beach26 hr
Oct 6, 5:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Miami-Dade95 min
Oct 6, 10:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade35 min
Oct 6, 11:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade35 min
Oct 6, 12:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade34 min
Oct 6, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach32 min
Oct 6, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward31 min
Oct 6, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach29 min
Oct 6, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL35 min
Oct 6, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward37 min
Oct 6, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL30 min
Oct 6, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach51 min
Oct 6, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Miami-Dade58 min
Oct 6, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL27 min
Oct 6, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL34 min
Oct 6, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach27 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.