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Flood Watch 4, NWS Miami, FL

November 8, 20225 counties in Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this flood watch at Nov 8, 2022, 1:32 PM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Nov 9, 2022, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 8, 2022, 1:32 PM EST (18:32 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 9, 2022, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 10, 2022, 3:25 AM EST
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Flood severity
None

Counties Broward County, FL, Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2022-11-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2022-11-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1004 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Nov 8, 12:39 PM EST, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 8, 12:39 PM EST, 53 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 7, 9:57 PM ESTStorm Surge WarningMFLPalm Beach54 hr
Nov 8, 4:05 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL3 days
Nov 8, 4:06 AM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach3 days
Nov 8, 10:05 AM ESTHurricane WarningMFLPalm Beach42 hr

Nearby

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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.