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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

April 20, 2026Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Apr 20, 2026, 4:49 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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: Apr 20, 2026, 4:49 AM EDT (08:49 UTC)
Expired: Apr 20, 2026, 5:15 AM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

County Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

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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 Apr 20, 4:11 AM EDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 4:11 AM EDT, 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 20, 4:49 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 20, 2:31 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MFL		59 hr
Apr 20, 2:34 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach	5 days
Apr 20, 2:34 AM EDT	High Surf Advisory	MFL	Palm Beach	41 hr
Apr 20, 3:51 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	MFL	Collier, Glades, Hendry	19 hr
Apr 20, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	37 min
Apr 20, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	36 min
Apr 20, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	29 min
Apr 20, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		27 min
Apr 20, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Miami-Dade, Monroe	11 min
Apr 20, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		33 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.