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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

August 4, 2021Broward County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2021, 12:40 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It was in force for 35 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 4, 2021, 12:40 PM EDT (16:40 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2021, 1:15 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL

County Broward County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 42 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 903 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 991 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

374 
WWUS82 KMFL 041640
SPSMFL

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Miami FL
1240 PM EDT Wed Aug 4 2021
 
FLZ067-068-071>074-173-041715-
Inland Broward County FL-Metro Broward County FL-
Metropolitan Miami Dade FL-Inland Palm Beach County FL-Inland Miami-
Dade County FL-Metro Palm Beach County FL-
Coastal Miami Dade County FL-
1240 PM EDT Wed Aug 4 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD AND
SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM EDT...

* At 1240 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near
  Parkland to near Sawgrass Mills Mall to Pembroke Pines. Movement
  was east at 15 mph.

* Small hail and winds in excess of 45 mph possible with these
  storms.

* Locations impacted include...
  Fort Lauderdale, Pembroke Pines, Hollywood, Miramar, Coral Springs,
  Pompano Beach, Davie, Plantation, Sunrise, Boca Raton, Deerfield
  Beach, Delray Beach, Tamarac, Margate, Miami Gardens, Lauderhill,
  Weston, Coconut Creek, North Miami Beach and Oakland Park.

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 2625 8017 2592 8017 2590 8039 2621 8045
      2640 8036 2647 8009
TIME...MOT...LOC 1640Z 262DEG 11KT 2634 8030 2623 8035 2602 8033 

$$

SB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 3, 8:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	60 min
Aug 3, 8:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	49 min
Aug 3, 8:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Miami-Dade	119 min
Aug 3, 8:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Miami-Dade	2 hr
Aug 3, 9:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	61 min
Aug 4, 7:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Collier	2 hr
Aug 4, 8:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Collier	2 hr
Aug 4, 11:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Collier	3 hr
Aug 4, 11:53 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		67 min
Aug 4, 12:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	43 min
Aug 4, 12:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		62 min
Aug 4, 1:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade	2 hr
Aug 4, 1:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	64 min
Aug 4, 1:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Broward, Palm Beach	2 hr
Aug 4, 3:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Miami-Dade	117 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.