1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Dec 9, 5:00 AM EST, 1 hour earlier.
SOUTH FLORIDA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI 500 AM EST MON DEC 09 2002 CURRENTLY: AREA OF LOW PRESS DEVELOPING OVR ERN GULF WITH SURFACE TROUGH TO WEST/CENTRAL FL. SCATTERED SHOWERS EXTENDING FROM COASTAL SECTIONS OF BROWARD COUNTY SW TO MAINLAND MONROE AND MOVING WNW. CMAN OBS SHOWING WNDS GUSTING TO 20-25 KTS ATLC WATERS AND TO 18 KTS GULF WATERS ATTM. SHORT TERM...SFC LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER ERN GULF OF MEX( AT LEAST MOST MODELS AGREE WITH THAT) AS UPPR LVL SHRT WAVE OVER WRN GULF MOVES RAPIDLY EAST. SUBTROPICAL JET ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SHRT WAVE ADVECTING LOTS OF MOISTURE FROM E PAC TO FLORIDA PENINSULA. THIS MOISTURE, COMBINED WITH THE DEVELOPING LOW AND A SURFACE BOUNDARY(WARM FNT) EXTENDING FROM IT TO NW SOUTH FLORIDA AND STRG UPPER DIV ASSOCIATED WITH THE JET WILL RESULT IN ENHANCE PRECIP ACROSS MOST OF S. FL. HOWEVER...WILL EXPECT TO SEE HEAVIEST PRECIP NEAR AND ALONG THE LOW LLVL BOUNDARY. SO WILL GO WITH HIGHEST POPS AND MENTION HEAVY RAIN FOR THE N PORTION OF S. FLA (NAPLES NORTH TO LAKE OKEECHOBEE AREA AND PALM BEACH COUNTY) STARTING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUE. THE LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE NE ACROSS N CENTRAL FL AND BE JUST SE OF THE CAROLINA TUE AFTERNOON. A CDFNT EXTENDING FROM THIS LOW WILL MOVE THROUGH MOST OF S. FL TUE. WILL EXPECT SCT TSTMS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT LATE TONIGHT AND TUE WITH SOME OF THEM BECOMING STRONG. ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE...WILL EXPECT IT TO BE MOSTLY NORTH OF OUR AREA. FOR THE EXTENDED...THE FNT WILL HANG ACROSS EXTREME S FLA/STRAITS INTO WRN CARIB AS FLOW AT H8-H5 BECOMES PARALLEL TO THE BOUNDARY. THEREFORE WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHWRS. ANOTHER ENERGY IMPULSE WILL MOVE ACROSS CNTRL PLAINS THU WHICH WILL AGAIN PROVIDE THE MECHANISM FOR THE BOUNDARY TO MOVE NORTH AS A WARM FNT AND A SFC LOW TO DEVELOP ALONG IT OVER THE SOUTHEAST GULF EARLY FRI. THIS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST WITH THE FRONT COMING BACK THROUGH S. FLA AGAIN LATE FRI NGT AND GRADUAL DRYING OUT BY SUNDAY. MARINE...AS MENTIONED BEFORE, MARINES OBS ACROSS THE AREA SHOWING WINDS NEAR 20 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 27 KTS. SO WILL START OFF WITH SCA ALL WATERS EXCEPT LAKE OKEECHOBEE AS I EXPECT 20 KTS SUSTAINED WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GFS HAS THE BEST INIT WITH RESPECT TO WNDS RIGHT NOW AS ETA (LIKE ALWAYS) IS TOO LIGHT. GFS EVEN GOES AS HIGH AS 20 TO 25 KTS TODAY AND 25 TO 30 KTS LATER TONIGHT. I AM GOING TO LEAVE THE DAY FORECASTERS LOOK AS THIS SITUATION CLOSER THIS AFTERNOON, ALTHOUGH I DO NOT THINK ANYTHING HIGHER THAN A SCA WILL BE NECESSARY. FIRE...RED FLAG WARNING SOUTH SECTIONS TODAY DUE TO DISPERSION INDICES GREATER THAN 75. FIRE WEATHER WATCH ALL AREAS TUESDAY DUE TO DISPERSION INDICES GREATER THAN 75. PRELIM NUMBERS PBI TT 077/070 078/065 078 4777742 FLL TT 080/074 079/069 080 4766742 MIA TT 080/073 079/067 080 4766742 APF TT 078/068 077/066 077 4777722 .MIA...SCA ALL WATERS EXCEPT LAKE OKEECHOBEE.
FLZ063-066>075-092030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 522 AM EST MON DEC 9 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... ...RIP CURRENTS LIKELY ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...INCREASED FIRE DANGER FOR SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF ALLIGATOR ALLEY DUE TO STRONG WINDS... WITH EASTERLY WINDS APPROACHING 20 KNOTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY...RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIMES OF THE TIDE GOING OUT OR LOW TIDE. LOW TIDES TODAY ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA WILL BE IN THE EARLY MORNING AND AGAIN THIS EVENING. A WARM FRONT ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY AND TONIGHT ALONG WITH WARM MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WILL PROVIDE THE INGREDIENTS FOR SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF ALLIGATOR ALLEY TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO...WINDS WILL BECOME QUITE STRONG ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...MAINLY FROM THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY AND TONIGHT. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA ALONG AND NORTH OF ALLIGATOR ALLEY TO THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION. STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MIA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA AGAIN ON TUESDAY. THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS ALSO LATER THIS WEEK ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Up to 7 inches of rain fell along the coastal areas from Miami Beach to Fort Lauderdale. Flooding in North Miami caused minor damage to houses and businesses.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, December 2002
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