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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

August 5, 2026Glades County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2026, 3:21 PM EDT for Glades County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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: Aug 5, 2026, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

County Glades County, FL

The radar

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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 Aug 4, 6:55 PM EDT, 20 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 6:55 PM EDT, 20 hours 26 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
Aug 5, 1:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		59 min
Aug 5, 1:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	24 min
Aug 5, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		48 min
Aug 5, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Hendry	44 min
Aug 5, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	41 min
Aug 5, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	51 min
Aug 5, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	34 min
Aug 5, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Collier	43 min
Aug 5, 3:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Collier	113 min
Aug 5, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MFL	Collier	25 min
Aug 5, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		64 min
Aug 5, 4:43 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach	3 days
Aug 5, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.