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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 3:29 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2021, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 3:30 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Sw Aberdeen Golf Cour, FL | A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD A FEW MILES TO THE WEST OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA AT 3:30 PM. A PHOTO OF THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS ALSO SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA FROM A MEMBER OF THE BROADCAST MEDIA. |
| Aug 7, 3:35 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Nw Boca Raton Equestr, FL | LANDSPOUT. VIDEO AND PICTURE EVIDENCE OF A LANDSPOUT TORNADO NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF US 441 AND W ATLANTIC AVENUE BY TRAINED SPOTTERS AS WELL AS MULTIPLE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATION OF 3:35PM BASED ON SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 2842 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS82 KMFL 071929
SPSMFL
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Miami FL
329 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
FLZ067-068-072015-
Inland Palm Beach County FL-Metro Palm Beach County FL-
329 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Palm
Beach County through 415 PM EDT...
At 328 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking
a strong thunderstorm producing a funnel cloud near Village Of Golf,
or near Boynton Beach. This storm was nearly stationary.
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...
Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, Wellington, Lake Worth, Greenacres, Palm
Springs, Atlantis, Village Of Golf, Dunes Road, Kings Point,
Loxahatchee NWR, Aberdeen, Lake Worth Corridor, Aberdeen Golf Course,
Florida Gardens, Seminole Manor and Villages Of Oriole.
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.
A funnel cloud was reported with this storm.
&&
LAT...LON 2662 8007 2645 8012 2645 8032 2664 8026
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 218DEG 4KT 2654 8019
FUNNEL CLOUD...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
WeinmanThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 7:37 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 23 min | |
| Aug 7, 8:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 10:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 11:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 2:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Collier | 117 min |
| Aug 7, 3:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 117 min |
| Aug 7, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 4:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 113 min |
| Aug 7, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 5:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward | 64 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.