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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

August 17, 2021Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 17, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 45 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 17, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
30
Spout
Possible

County Hendry County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 2021-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2164 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 2021-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 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
2164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
777 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

593 
WWUS82 KMFL 172000
SPSMFL

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Miami FL
400 PM EDT Tue Aug 17 2021
 
FLZ066-067-172045-
Hendry FL-Inland Palm Beach County FL-
400 PM EDT Tue Aug 17 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of east central Hendry
and southwestern Palm Beach Counties through 445 PM EDT...

At 359 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking
a strong thunderstorm capable of producing a landspout near Holey
Land Wildlife Refuge, or 13 miles south of South Bay, moving
northwest at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Landspouts and winds in excess of 30 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Gusty winds 
         could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured 
         objects.

Locations impacted include...
Holey Land Wildlife Refuge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2650 8063 2639 8076 2649 8100 2667 8082
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 116DEG 10KT 2648 8077 

LANDSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

$$

Hadi/RAG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 2:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades52 min
Aug 17, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier43 min
Aug 17, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL39 min
Aug 17, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier46 min
Aug 17, 3:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLCollier2 hr
Aug 17, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe42 min
Aug 17, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier52 min
Aug 17, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry38 min
Aug 17, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry50 min
Aug 17, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry42 min
Aug 17, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry32 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.