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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

August 7, 2021Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 4:49 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 41 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 7, 2021, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 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-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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

218 
WWUS82 KMFL 072049
SPSMFL

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Miami FL
449 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
 
FLZ066-067-071-072130-
Inland Broward County FL-Hendry FL-Inland Palm Beach County FL-
449 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Palm
Beach County through 530 PM EDT...

At 449 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking
a strong thunderstorm capable of producing a funnel cloud 9 miles
southeast of Okeelanta, or 12 miles southeast of Belle Glade, moving
north at 5 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...
Holey Land Wildlife Refuge and Loxahatchee NWR. 

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2643 8039 2641 8058 2633 8070 2646 8089
      2664 8065 2665 8041
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 160DEG 6KT 2652 8059 

FUNNEL CLOUD...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

Weinman

The 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, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	46 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.