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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2021, 6:23 PM EDT for Glades County, Florida. It was in force for 52 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, 6:23 PM EDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2021, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Glades County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1076 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
430
WWUS82 KMFL 062223
SPSMFL
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Miami FL
623 PM EDT Fri Aug 6 2021
FLZ063-062315-
Glades FL-
623 PM EDT Fri Aug 6 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Glades
County through 715 PM EDT...
At 623 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking
a strong thunderstorm capable of producing a funnel cloud near
Lakeport, moving north at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Funnel clouds and winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Funnel clouds occasionally touch down and produce tornadoes
or waterspouts. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and
blow around unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Lakeport.
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.
Funnel clouds occasionally touch down and produce tornadoes or
waterspouts. Move indoors and stay away from windows.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 2686 8104 2681 8123 2703 8134 2704 8133
2703 8133 2703 8127 2712 8127 2712 8117
2720 8117 2721 8114 2721 8111
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 161DEG 23KT 2691 8116
FUNNEL CLOUD...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
CWCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 4:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Collier | 115 min |
| Aug 6, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 5:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Collier | 78 min |
| Aug 6, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 65 min | |
| Aug 6, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 23 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.