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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 22, 2021, 4:03 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 42 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 22, 2021, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 1716 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
188
WWUS82 KMFL 222003
SPSMFL
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Miami FL
403 PM EDT Sun Aug 22 2021
FLZ067-222045-
Inland Palm Beach County FL-
403 PM EDT Sun Aug 22 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Palm Beach
County through 445 PM EDT...
At 403 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking
a strong thunderstorm capable of producing a funnel cloud 7 miles
west of Lion Country Safari Park, or 12 miles east of Belle Glade,
moving northwest at 10 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...
Belle Glade, Lion Country Safari Park 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.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Persons participating in outdoor activities should seek sturdy
shelter until this storm passes. Open shelters found in parks,
beaches, or golf courses offer no protection from the dangers of
lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 2682 8030 2658 8032 2663 8064 2688 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 123DEG 10KT 2670 8048
FUNNEL CLOUD...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
Hadi/BNBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 42 min |
| Aug 22, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 40 min | |
| Aug 22, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 52 min |
| Aug 22, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 51 min |
| Aug 22, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 45 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.