An air carrier crew departed rsw and was vectored west for weather. ATC vectors took the aircraft mo...

Narrative:

Departing rsw we were originally filed the CSHEL1 departure to ZZZ. Clearance was changed to radar vectors to hilti szw mgm as filed. After departure assigned westerly heading by mia center. Level at 230 ft and heading west for considerable time. We asked for higher and a turn; concerned over the 50 mile limit. We were given a frequency change. On the new frequency we asked for higher and a turn. We were told to return to previous frequency. On the previous frequency we were given higher and direct hilti. Due to thunderstorms over and west of hilti we could not at this point go to hilti. The quickest way back towards shore and avoiding the storms was to deviate north and west of hilti which left us outside of 50 for the extent of the weather deviation. An emergency was declared over center frequency. Mia center was asked for the quickest way around the weather and back on course and they agreed with us that direct sqs when able would be best. The flight was completed without further incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier crew departed RSW and was vectored west for weather. ATC vectors took the aircraft more than 50 nm off shore so the crew declared an emergency in order to return to a filed overland route.

Narrative: Departing RSW we were originally filed the CSHEL1 departure to ZZZ. Clearance was changed to radar vectors to HILTI SZW MGM as filed. After departure assigned westerly heading by MIA Center. Level at 230 FT and heading west for considerable time. We asked for higher and a turn; concerned over the 50 mile limit. We were given a frequency change. On the new frequency we asked for higher and a turn. We were told to return to previous frequency. On the previous frequency we were given higher and direct HILTI. Due to thunderstorms over and west of HILTI we could not at this point go to HILTI. The quickest way back towards shore and avoiding the storms was to deviate north and west of HILTI which left us outside of 50 for the extent of the weather deviation. An emergency was declared over Center frequency. MIA Center was asked for the quickest way around the weather and back on course and they agreed with us that direct SQS when able would be best. The flight was completed without further incident.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	845582
Time
Date	200907
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZMA.ARTCC
State Reference	FL
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

An air carrier crew departed rsw and was vectored west for weather. ATC vectors took the aircraft more than 50 nm off shore so the crew declared an emergency in order to return to a filed overland route.