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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

August 6, 2021Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2021, 4:10 PM EDT for Collier 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 6, 2021, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Collier County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 2021-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2189 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 2021-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
2189 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
763 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

181 
WWUS82 KMFL 062010
SPSMFL

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Miami FL
410 PM EDT Fri Aug 6 2021
 
FLZ069-070-075-062045-
Coastal Collier County FL-Inland Collier County FL-
Mainland Monroe FL-
410 PM EDT Fri Aug 6 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Collier
and north central Mainland Monroe Counties through 445 PM EDT...

At 410 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking
a strong thunderstorm near Big Cypress National Preserve, or 18 miles
east of Chokoloskee, moving northwest at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Big Cypress National Preserve.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

These winds can down small tree limbs and branches, and blow around
unsecured small objects. Seek shelter in a safe building until the
storm passes.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 2584 8090 2572 8112 2598 8136 2616 8105
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 148DEG 11KT 2590 8107 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

CWC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier33 min
Aug 6, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier44 min
Aug 6, 4:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLCollier115 min
Aug 6, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry34 min
Aug 6, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier28 min
Aug 6, 5:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLCollier78 min
Aug 6, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL65 min
Aug 6, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades52 min
Aug 6, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades33 min
Aug 6, 7:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach23 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.