1 lightning, 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 Jul 29, 12:10 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
SOUTH FLORIDA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI 110 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT WAS OVER CENTRAL CUBA YESTERDAY HAS OPENED UP INTO A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AS THE HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE MOVED INTO THE CWA FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE STARTING TO DEVELOP ALONG THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND MOVE SLOWLY INLAND. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ALSO DEVELOP ALONG THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE SLOWLY INLAND. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL HAVE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AS THE STEERING FLOW WILL BE LIGHT DUE TO THE HIGH OVER THE REGION. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO APPROACH THE STRONG SIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON WERE THE SEA BREEZES COLLIDE...AS THE MID LEVELS HAVE COOL A LITTLE DUE TO THE THROUGH OVER THE REGION. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD THEN DIED OUT THIS EVENING AS THE HEATING OF THE DAY IS LOSS. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD AFFECT THE WEST COAST AND THE SOUTHEAST COAST AFTER MIDNIGHT...AS SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ATLANTIC AND GULF WATERS COULD MOVE ONSHORE ON A SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND DIRECTION. THE HIGH WILL THEN MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD TO CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH FRIDAY...AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WEAKENS. THIS WILL ALLOW THE WINDS TO BECOME SOUTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY AND REMAIN SOUTHEAST THROUGH FRIDAY. SO WE SHOULD GET BACK TO A MORE TYPICAL SUMMER PATTERN ON WEDNESDAY AND REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .EXTENDED... THE HIGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH THE WEEKEND BEFORE MOVING BACK OVER SOUTH FLORIDA EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN US DEEPENS INTO THE SOUTHEAST. THIS WILL ALLOW SOUTH FLORIDA TO REMAIN IN THE SUMMER PATTERN THROUGH THE WEEKEND BEFORE THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK. .MARINE... THE WINDS WILL REMAIN LESS THAN 10 KNOTS THROUGH THE WEEKEND OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST AFTER TONIGHT. TONIGHT THE WIND WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST LESS THAN 10 KNOTS. .FIRE WEATHER... NO PROBLEMS ARE ANTICIPATED AS THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES. PBI TB 077/091 077/091 078 54342 FLL TB 079/090 079/090 080 54342 MIA TB 078/091 078/091 079 54342 APF TT 075/090 075/090 075 54434 .MIA...NONE. BAXTER
FLZ063-066>075-291500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 500 AM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON ...MODERATE RISK OF WATERSPOUTS SOUTHEAST COAST THIS MORNING... ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... LIGHT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS WILL PRODUCE AN ELEVATED RISK OF WATERSPOUTS OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC AND BISCAYNE BAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. WHILE MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN JUST INLAND FROM THE COAST...BUT A FEW COULD AFFECT THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS AS WELL. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND DETAILED GRAPHICS CAN BE FOUND ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT MIAMIWEATHER.INFO. FOR INFORMATION IN SPANISH, VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT ELTIEMPOENMIAMI.INFO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
FLZ073-074-292000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 250 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN METRO AREAS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY... SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN METRO AREAS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING THROUGH 400 PM. THE MAIN AREA AFFECTED WILL BE FROM DORAL SOUTH THROUGH HOMESTEAD AND FROM THE PALMETTO WESTWARD. THE STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. WWUS82 KMFL 291849 SPSMIA FLZ073-074-292000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 250 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN METRO AREAS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY... SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN METRO AREAS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING THROUGH 400 PM. THE MAIN AREA AFFECTED WILL BE FROM DORAL SOUTH THROUGH HOMESTEAD AND FROM THE PALMETTO WESTWARD. THE STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:01 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A man inside a shed at a nursery was shocked when lightning entered through a telephone. He suffered memory loss and was transported to a local hospital.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 2003
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