1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 16, 11:00 AM EST, 6 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1200 NOON EDT SUN JUN 16 2002 LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED OVER SOUTH FLORIDA FOR THE NEXT 24-36 HOURS... BUT CHANGES ARE IN THE WORKS FOR THIS FORECAST PERIOD. ALL MODELS BUILD AN UPPER RIDGE FROM ATLANTIC ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA ON TUESDAY... AND AT THE SAME TIME REBUILD THE SURFACE HIGH AND SHIFT THE AXIS NORTH OVER SOUTH FLORIDA. BY WEDNESDAY... THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS IS WELL TO THE NORTH OF SOUTH FLORIDA... AND IT REMAINS THERE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. SO TUESDAY LOOKS LIKE A TRANSITION DAY TO EASTERLY FLOW. EASTERLIES ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME WELL-ESTABLISHED BY TUESDAY NIGHT... WITH THIS PATTERN CONTINUING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. SO THE FORECAST WILL TRANSITION FROM ANYTIME SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ON TUESDAY... THEN AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE INTERIOR AND WEST SECTIONS... NIGHT AND MORNING ALONG THE EAST COAST... WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PREVIOUS FORECAST HANDLES THIS TRANSITION WELL... SO DO NOT ANTICIPATE MAJOR CHANGES. MARINE... LIGHT SOUTHWEST FLOW THROUGH MONDAY... THEN LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW MONDAY NIGHT. WINDS BECOMING EAST TO SOUTHEAST ON TUESDAY... THEN LIGHT TO MODERATE EASTERLY FLOW FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD AS THE EASTERLIES REALLY TAKE HOLD. EXTENDED... AS MENTIONED EARLIER SCATTERED MAINLY NIGHT AND MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE EAST COAST... AND NUMEROUS MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS INTERIOR AND WEST COAST WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. MEDIUM RANGE MODEL DOES MOVE A TROPICAL WAVE WEST TOWARD FLORIDA BY MONDAY 6/24. THIS IS BEYOND OUR CURRENT FORECAST PERIOD... BUT IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO FOLLOW THE MODELS PROGRESSION AND HANDLING OF THIS SYSTEM. THIS COULD WELL MEAN A WETTER PATTERN AGAIN PARTICULARLY FOR SOUTHEAST FLORIDA BEGINNING TUESDAY 6/25. NO FIRE-WEATHER PARAMETER PROBLEMS EXPECTED. PBI TB 073/090 074/089 075 3534 FLL TB 074/090 075/089 076 3534 MIA TB 074/090 075/089 076 3534 APF TT 076/088 075/088 074 3536 .MIA...NONE.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:57 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 47-year old man was injured when lightning struck the metal railing on which he was leaning on the second floor of his condominium.
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, June 2002
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