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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

May 19, 2020Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2020, 1:13 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 47 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
May 19, 2020, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 302 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2020-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 651 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2020-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 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
651 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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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 May 19, 11:01 AM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 11:01 AM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 10:31 AM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 9:52 AM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 19, 10:59 AM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 19, 12:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 19, 1:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 8:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLMiami-Dade27 min
May 18, 8:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
May 18, 10:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL54 min
May 18, 11:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL47 min
May 19, 3:54 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL66 min
May 19, 4:56 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL64 min
May 19, 5:55 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL65 min
May 19, 10:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade46 min
May 19, 12:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe80 min
May 19, 12:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL44 min
May 19, 12:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL46 min
May 19, 1:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL57 min
May 19, 1:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier51 min
May 19, 1:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL34 min
May 19, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade30 min
May 19, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade36 min
May 19, 1:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade46 min
May 19, 2:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach45 min
May 19, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade44 min
May 19, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL86 min
May 19, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach55 min
May 19, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward47 min
May 19, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL46 min
May 19, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward45 min
May 19, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL58 min
May 19, 2:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach56 min
May 19, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 min
May 19, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach52 min
May 19, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL40 min
May 19, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL66 min
May 19, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL67 min
May 19, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL57 min
May 19, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL63 min
May 19, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL59 min
May 19, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL43 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.