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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2020, 5:02 PM EDT for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 43 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
- Aug 8, 2020, 5:02 PM EDT (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2020, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Hendry County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 2372 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
049 WWUS82 KMFL 082102 SPSMFL Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Miami FL 502 PM EDT Sat Aug 8 2020 FLZ066-070-082145- Hendry FL-Inland Collier County FL- 502 PM EDT Sat Aug 8 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL COLLIER AND SOUTHWESTERN HENDRY COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT... * At 502 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm near Hendry Correctional, or 12 miles east of Immokalee, moving west at 10 mph. * Small hail and winds in excess of 45 mph possible with this storm. * Locations impacted include... Ave Maria, Immokalee, Hendry Correctional, Bunker Hill, Sunniland and Lake Trafford. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. You can also share your report with NWS Miami on Facebook and Twitter. && LAT...LON 2654 8113 2634 8108 2619 8148 2653 8154 TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 076DEG 9KT 2640 8123 $$ CWC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Glades | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 59 min | |
| Aug 8, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 51 min |
| Aug 8, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 44 min |
| Aug 8, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 56 min | |
| Aug 8, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 65 min | |
| Aug 8, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.