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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

August 8, 2021Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2021, 9:29 PM EDT for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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 8, 2021, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
30

County Hendry County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1547 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
1547 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
1 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

709 
WWUS82 KMFL 090129
SPSMFL

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Miami FL
929 PM EDT Sun Aug 8 2021
 
FLZ066-090200-
Hendry FL-
929 PM EDT Sun Aug 8 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Hendry
County through 1000 PM EDT...

At 929 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking
a strong thunderstorm capable of producing a funnel cloud over
Montura. This storm was nearly stationary.

HAZARD...Funnel clouds and winds in excess of 30 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...
Montura and Devils Garden. 

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 2669 8097 2656 8099 2646 8122 2672 8123
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 099DEG 3KT 2663 8108 

FUNNEL CLOUD...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

$$

SB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 8:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL54 min
Aug 8, 9:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL57 min
Aug 8, 9:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL27 min
Aug 8, 9:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL35 min
Aug 9, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL67 min
Aug 9, 3:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLCollier2 hr
Aug 9, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL66 min
Aug 9, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry42 min
Aug 9, 3:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLCollier109 min
Aug 9, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier47 min
Aug 9, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier40 min
Aug 9, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL53 min
Aug 9, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier44 min
Aug 9, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL34 min
Aug 9, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward40 min
Aug 9, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL63 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.