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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Oct 6, 2024, 4:12 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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
- Oct 6, 2024, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2024, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 50
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 578 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.9
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Oct 6, 12:26 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 12:26 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Miami FL 318 AM EDT Sun Oct 6 2024 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 070730- Lake Okeechobee-Biscayne Bay- Coastal waters from Jupiter Inlet to Deerfield Beach FL out 20 NM- Coastal waters from Deerfield Beach to Ocean Reef FL out 20 NM- Waters from Jupiter Inlet to Deerfield Beach FL from 20 to 60 NM- Waters from Deerfield Beach to Ocean Reef FL from 20 to 60 NM excluding the territorial waters of Bahamas-Glades-Hendry- Inland Palm Beach County-Metro Palm Beach County- Coastal Collier County-Inland Collier County-Inland Broward County- Metro Broward County-Inland Miami-Dade County- Metropolitan Miami Dade-Mainland Monroe-Coastal Palm Beach County- Coastal Broward County-Coastal Miami Dade County-Far South Miami- Dade County- Coastal waters from Chokoloskee to Bonita Beach FL out 20 NM- Coastal waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee FL out 20 NM- Waters from Chokoloskee to Bonita Beach FL from 20 to 60 NM- 318 AM EDT Sun Oct 6 2024 ...High Risk of Rip Currents: Palm Beaches... ...Increasingly Widespread Showers and Thunderstorms Today... ...Flooding Possible For Coastal Locations, Especially East Coast... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters, southeast Florida, southern Florida, southwest Florida and Gulf of Mexico. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Thunderstorms: Widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms are expected to develop across the region today. Lightning, gusty winds, and locally heavy rainfall will be threats with any storms. Flooding: Widespread showers and thunderstorms will pose a risk for excessive rainfall and flooding potential on Sunday, especially along the east coast of South Florida where the most conducive conditions are. Rip Currents: There is a high risk for rip currents along the Palm beaches today. A moderate risk exists along the remainder of the east coast beaches. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Numerous showers and thunderstorms will be possible through the middle of next week. There will be a risk of heavy rainfall and flooding next week as Tropical Storm Milton strengthens and approaches the central Gulf coast of Florida next week. Wind gusts in excess of 40 mph will be possible in the mid to late week period. The risk for rip currents will remain elevated for the Atlantic beaches the rest of the weekend and into next week as onshore flow persists and northerly swell builds in. Beach conditions along the Gulf Coast will deteoriate towards the middle of the week as surf increases out ahead of Tropical Storm Milton. Hazardous marine conditions will develop across all local waters towards the middle of the week as winds and seas increase out ahead of Tropical Storm Milton. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report high wind, hail, and flooding to the National Weather Service forecast office in Miami.
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Special weather statement, Oct 6, 3:30 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 8:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 9:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 10:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 5 hr |
| Oct 6, 11:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 12:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 1:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 42 min | |
| Oct 6, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 56 min | |
| Oct 6, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 49 min | |
| Oct 6, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 65 min | |
| Oct 6, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 30 min |
| Oct 6, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 34 min | |
| Oct 6, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 50 min | |
| Oct 6, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 23 min |
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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.