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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

August 8, 2020Hendry County, Florida

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2020-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2372 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2020-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 8:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLGlades3 hr
Aug 7, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL59 min
Aug 8, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach50 min
Aug 8, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier51 min
Aug 8, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe47 min
Aug 8, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier50 min
Aug 8, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe44 min
Aug 8, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL56 min
Aug 8, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL65 min
Aug 8, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier41 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.