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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2020, 1:21 PM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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 9, 2020, 1:21 PM EDT (17:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Collier County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 2736 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 804 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
204 WWUS82 KMFL 091721 SPSMFL Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Miami FL 121 PM EDT Sun Aug 9 2020 FLZ066-070-091800- Hendry FL-Inland Collier County FL- 121 PM EDT Sun Aug 9 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL COLLIER AND SOUTH CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EDT... * At 119 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles west of Miccosukee Indian Reservation, or 28 miles southeast of Ave Maria. This storm was moving west-northwest at 5 to 10 mph. * Winds in excess of 45 mph possible with this storm. * Locations impacted include... Big Cypress National Preserve and Alligator Alley. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 2623 8091 2605 8100 2609 8132 2636 8121 TIME...MOT...LOC 1719Z 113DEG 4KT 2614 8103 $$ MOLLEDA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 36 min | |
| Aug 9, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Lee | 28 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.