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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

October 6, 2024Palm Beach County, Florida

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2024-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 578 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 2024-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 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
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

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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 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, Oct 6, 3:18 AM EDT, 12 hours 54 minutes before
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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 6, 3:30 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 6, 8:09 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade3 hr
Oct 6, 9:20 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade3 hr
Oct 6, 10:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningMFLMiami-Dade5 hr
Oct 6, 11:28 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade3 hr
Oct 6, 12:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade3 hr
Oct 6, 1:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL42 min
Oct 6, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL56 min
Oct 6, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL49 min
Oct 6, 2:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL65 min
Oct 6, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier30 min
Oct 6, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL34 min
Oct 6, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL50 min
Oct 6, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe23 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.