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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

May 30, 2024Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at May 30, 2024, 2:21 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 24 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: May 30, 2024, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2024, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 10 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: 1150 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1024 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 30, 1:53 PM EDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 1:53 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 9:23 AM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 1:47 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Miami FL
147 PM EDT Thu May 30 2024

FLZ069-070-301830-
Coastal Collier County FL-Inland Collier County FL-
147 PM EDT Thu May 30 2024

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Collier
County through 230 PM EDT...

At 147 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking
a strong thunderstorm 7 miles northeast of Royal Palm Hammock, or 10
miles southeast of Golden Gate Estates, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Copeland, South Blocks Golde, Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve,
Picayune Strand State Forest, Jerome, Deep Lake, Port Of The Island,
and Intersection I-75 And Everglades Blvd.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2608 8164 2619 8149 2602 8126 2587 8146
      2586 8147 2587 8147 2588 8146 2588 8147
      2589 8147 2589 8150 2588 8151 2589 8151
      2589 8152 2590 8151 2591 8153
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 319DEG 12KT 2608 8152

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

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Special weather statement, May 30, 2:00 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Miami FL
200 PM EDT Thu May 30 2024

FLZ072>074-173-301845-
Metro Broward County FL-Metropolitan Miami Dade FL-Inland Miami-
Dade County FL-Coastal Miami Dade County FL-
200 PM EDT Thu May 30 2024

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Miami-Dade
and south central Broward Counties through 245 PM EDT...

At 200 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking
a strong thunderstorm over Hialeah, moving southwest at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Miami, Hialeah, Miramar, Miami Gardens, North Miami, Doral, Miami
Lakes, Hialeah Gardens, Opa-Locka, Miami Springs, Sweetwater, Miami
Shores, West Miami, El Portal, Medley, Westchester, Gladeview,
Fountainbleau, Westview, and Palm Springs North.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2571 8034 2586 8052 2593 8044 2597 8034
      2586 8017
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 036DEG 9KT 2586 8032

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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Special weather statement, May 30, 2:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Miami FL
221 PM EDT Thu May 30 2024

FLZ074-173-301845-
Metropolitan Miami Dade FL-Coastal Miami Dade County FL-
221 PM EDT Thu May 30 2024

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Miami-Dade
County through 245 PM EDT...

At 221 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking
a strong thunderstorm over Miami International Airport, or near
Hialeah, moving south at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Miami, Hialeah, Coral Gables, South Miami, Kendall, Doral, Hialeah
Gardens, Pinecrest, Miami Springs, Sweetwater, Miami Shores, West
Miami, El Portal, Medley, Westchester, Gladeview, Glenvar Heights,
Fountainbleau, Palmetto Bay, and University Of Miami.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2581 8019 2577 8018 2577 8019 2576 8019
      2572 8024 2571 8025 2569 8025 2569 8026
      2565 8027 2561 8031 2560 8036 2584 8041
      2588 8021 2582 8018
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 349DEG 15KT 2579 8030

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 8:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Hendry	34 min
May 29, 8:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward	30 min
May 29, 8:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	38 min
May 29, 8:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	26 min
May 29, 9:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	34 min
May 29, 9:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Glades, Hendry	43 min
May 30, 1:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	43 min
May 30, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	45 min
May 30, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Miami-Dade	32 min
May 30, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		18 min
May 30, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	49 min
May 30, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward, Collier, Hendry	28 min
May 30, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward, Collier, Hendry, Palm Beach	45 min
May 30, 7:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Hendry	36 min
May 30, 7:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Hendry	36 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.