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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

August 18, 2017Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 18, 2017, 6:01 PM EDT for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 18, 2017, 6:01 PM EDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 2017, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Hendry County, FL

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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 Aug 18, 4:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 4:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 18, 4:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 18, 6:01 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Miami FL
601 PM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017

FLZ066-067-071-182245-
Inland Broward County FL-Hendry FL-Inland Palm Beach County FL-
601 PM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017

...Significant Weather Advisory for frequent to excessive lightning
and up to nickel sized hail for southeastern Hendry...northwestern
Broward and southwestern Palm Beach Counties Until 645 PM EDT...

* At 600 PM EDT...Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm
  near Rotenberger Wildlife Refuge, or 24 miles south of South Bay,
  moving west at 10 mph.

* The primary impacts will be frequent to excessive lightning and up
  to nickel sized hail.  Lightning is the number one weather related
  killer in Florida. Trees and open shelters offer no protection.
  Seek shelter in a safe building until the storm passes.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  Rotenberger Wildlife Refuge and Big Cypress Seminole Reservation.

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.

Stay tuned to NOAA weather radio and other local media for further
details or updates.

&&

LAT...LON 2637 8070 2624 8076 2630 8109 2651 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 109DEG 10KT 2632 8083

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe47 min
Aug 18, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier36 min
Aug 18, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier39 min
Aug 18, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL52 min
Aug 18, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier35 min

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Sources

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