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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

June 20, 2026Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2026, 2:48 PM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 42 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: Jun 20, 2026, 2:48 PM EDT (18:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2026, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

County Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 35 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: 1744 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 852 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

186 
WWUS82 KMFL 201848
SPSMFL

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Miami FL
248 PM EDT Sat Jun 20 2026
 
FLZ073-201930-
Inland Miami-Dade County FL-
248 PM EDT Sat Jun 20 2026

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Miami-Dade
County through 330 PM EDT...

At 248 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking
a strong thunderstorm 8 miles west of Intersection Krome And Kendall
Drive, or 9 miles northwest of The Redland, moving east at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 45 to 50 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...
The Redland, Miccosukee Resort, and Intersection Krome And Kendall
Drive.

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 2555 8048 2557 8069 2571 8070 2578 8048
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 251DEG 5KT 2565 8060 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

MFL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 8:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	46 min
Jun 20, 1:46 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	MFL	Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade	16 hr
Jun 20, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Glades	40 min
Jun 20, 2:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		38 min
Jun 20, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	42 min
Jun 20, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward, Palm Beach	37 min
Jun 20, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Monroe	45 min
Jun 20, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	53 min
Jun 20, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Broward	31 min
Jun 20, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	55 min
Jun 20, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Palm Beach	27 min
Jun 20, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		45 min
Jun 20, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	51 min
Jun 20, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		51 min
Jun 20, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	42 min
Jun 20, 7:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		41 min
Jun 20, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		52 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.