1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Apr 26, 2:45 AM EST, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.
SOUTH FLORIDA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI 345 AM EDT SAT APR 26 2003 RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING EARLY THIS MORNING OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA DUE TO A UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THAT REGION. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE EAST THIS MORNING INTO THE ATLANTIC TAKING THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WITH IT...BUT WITH THE HEATING OF THE DAY...THE MOISTURE COMING INTO THE CWA ON THE SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM THE CARIBBEAN...AND THE LEFT OVER BOUNDARIES THERE COULD BE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON OVER MY THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN CWA. THERE COULD ALSO BE A FEW STRONG STORMS OVER MY NORTHERN CWA THIS AFTERNOON...AS SOME DRY AND COLDER AIR ALOFT COULD MOVE OVER THAT REGION. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE MAINLY BE WIND DAMAGE. I WILL THEN LEAVE CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN FOR TONIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT WILL START TO APPROACH SOUTH FLORIDA FROM NORTHERN FLORIDA. THE COLD FRONT WILL THEN CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH ON SUNDAY AND BE AROUND MY NORTHERN CWA BY SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE STALLING OUT. THERE WILL ALSO BE A WEAK LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ON THE FRONT ON SUNDAY OVER THE GULF AND THIS LOW WILL TRACK OVER SOUTH FLORIDA LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. SO I AM GOING TO RAISE THE POPS TO AROUND 60 PERCENT FOR MY CWA ON SUNDAY. WITH THE SOUTHWEST WINDS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS THE REGION...HIGHS TODAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE AROUND 90 ALONG THE EAST COAST...MID TO UPPER 80S INLAND...TO THE MID 80S ALONG THE WEST COAST. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 70S EAST COAST...LOWER TO MID 70S INLAND...TO MID 70S WEST COAST. .EXTENDED... THE FRONT OVER MY NORTHERN CWA LATE SUNDAY WILL START TO WASH OUT MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST WILL SLIDE EAST AND BUILD INTO SOUTH FLORIDA. THE HIGH WILL THEN MOVE INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS INTO TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT WORK WEEK...AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVE FROM THE SOUTH PLAIN STATES INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. TEMPS WILL BE IN THE MID 80S FOR HIGHS AND LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S INLAND TO THE LOWER TO MID 70S ALONG THE COASTS. .FIRE WEATHER... AT THIS TIME THE DISPERSION INDEX JUST UNDER THE CRITICAL VALUES OVER THE CWA FOR THIS AFTERNOON. I AM NOT PLANNING ON PUTTING UP A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON...BUT AS THE NEW MODELS COME IN WE MIGHT HAVE TO PUT ONE UP LATER. .MARINE... WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 KNOTS TODAY ALONG THE ATLANTIC WATERS. SO I AM GOING TO PUT THE ATLANTIC WATERS INTO A ADVISORY TODAY. FOR THE WEST COAST I AM GOING TO HAVE THE WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SO I AM GOING TO PUT THAT REGION INTO A SCEC. THE WINDS WILL THEN START TO COME DOWN TONIGHT AND BY SUNDAY THE WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS ALONG THE BOTH COAST. THE WINDS THEN CONTINUE TO COME DOWN SUNDAY NIGHT AND BY MONDAY WILL BE VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KNOTS FOR BOTH COAST. THANKS FOR THE COORD MLB...TBW...AND EYW. PBI BB 092/073 091/070 083 6366 FLL BB 090/075 090/072 085 4366 MIA BB 091/074 090/071 086 4366 APF BB 083/073 083/070 086 4366 .MIA...SCA FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS TODAY. BAXTER
FLZ063-066>075-262000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 726 AM EDT SAT APR 26 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING. LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR. THE ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH AROUND MIDDAY BUT THUNDERSTORMS... SOME STRONG...MAY REAPPEAR LATER THIS AFTERNOON. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND DETAILED GRAPHICS CAN BE FOUND ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT MIAMI WEATHER.INFO. FOR INFORMATION IN SPANISH...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT MIAMIWEATHER.INFO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph was estimated near Kendall Drive and 157 Avenue.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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