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Flood Watch 1, NWS Miami, FL

May 24, 20205 counties in Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this flood watch at May 24, 2020, 3:30 AM EDT for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 24, 2020, 11:12 AM EDT. It was in force for 57 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2020, 3:30 AM EDT (07:30 UTC)
In effect from: May 24, 2020, 11:12 AM EDT
Expired: May 26, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 57 hr
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL
Flood severity: None

Counties Broward County, FL, Collier County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Monroe County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at May 24, 3:12 AM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 3:12 AM EDT, 18 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 6:32 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		43 min
May 24, 6:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	46 min
May 24, 7:11 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		19 min
May 24, 7:29 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		91 min
May 24, 7:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	44 min
May 24, 8:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	50 min
May 24, 8:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	45 min
May 24, 8:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	39 min
May 24, 9:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	68 min
May 24, 9:32 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Miami-Dade	3 hr
May 24, 9:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade	3 hr
May 24, 9:54 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		2 hr
May 24, 9:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	64 min
May 24, 11:27 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Miami-Dade	63 min
May 24, 11:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Palm Beach	3 hr
May 24, 11:51 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		114 min
May 24, 11:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	50 min
May 24, 12:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade	3 hr
May 24, 1:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Martin	54 min
May 24, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	49 min
May 24, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		43 min
May 24, 3:16 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MFL		41 hr
May 24, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	24 min
May 24, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Hendry	47 min
May 24, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Hendry	49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.