1 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 Jun 23, 11:42 AM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
SOUTH FLORIDA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI 1242 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2003 .CURRENTLY...BOUNDARY SLOWLY SLIDING SOUTHWARD OVER SOUTH FLORIDA WITH UPPER SHORT WAVE AND DIFFLUENT FLOW OVER AREA GENERATING AN AREA OF PRECIPITATION OVER SW FLA SW OF THE LAKE. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION MAY PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE SOUTH TIP OF THE PENINSULA INCLUDING THE BROWARD/MIAMI METRO AREAS AS SYSTEM MOVES SOUTHEAST INTO THE FLA STRAITS LATE AFTERNOON /EARLY EVENING. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHEAST COAST WITH THE EARLIER ISSUED WATCH NW CWA EXTENDED TO 800 PM AS FISH EATING CREEK IN GLADES NEARING FLOOD LEVELS. .TONIGHT THROUGH WED NIGHT...UPPER TROUGH OVER THE NEW ENGLAND WATERS SLOWLY PULLS NORTHEAST AS POSITIVELY TILTED RIDGE MOVES INTO THE EASTERN U.S. THIS SHOVES SURFACE BOUNDARY INTO THE STRAITS BUT LEAVES UPPER TROUGH ACROSS AREA. SOME DRIER AIR DOES MOVE OVER SOUTH FLORIDA ALOFT LOWERING PRECIPITABLE WATER. AT THE SURFACE...LOW LEVEL WINDS GRADUALLY BECOME EASTERLY BUT ONLY UP TO POSSIBLY 10K ...MEANING AFTERNOON SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE DEFINITELY LESS BUT STILL STEERED TO THE EAST. AVN STILL INSISTS DEVELOPING A SE GULF LOW...WHICH IS STILL POSSIBLE SEEING THAT THE BOUNDARY SHOVED S OF THE AREA...COULD DRAG NORTHWARD ON SE WIND FLOW THAT WILL DEVELOP. STILL HAVE TROUBLE FINDING COLLABORATING EVIDENCE TO GO THAT WAY AT THE MOMENT. .EXTENDED PERIOD...LITTLE CHANGE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BUT BY SATURDAY SURFACE RIDGE OVER S FLA RETREATS SE AHEAD OF ANOTHER DEVELOPING TROUGH AND FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVING INTO N FLA. A LOW LEVEL SW FLOW DEVELOPS WITH AN INCREASE OF PRECIPITABLE WATER AND ANOTHER WET WEEKEND POSSIBLY ON TAP. .MARINE ZONES...VARIABLE WINDS TONIGHT TO NE/E FLOW TUE...BECOMING E TUE NIGHT THROUGH WED NIGHT...THEN SE THU AND FRI...GENERALLY 10 TO 15 KNOTS OR LESS THROUGH PERIOD. WINDS BECOME MORE SW SATURDAY AND INCREASE TO 15 KNOTS. .FIRE WEATHER...VERY SOGGY AND HIGH RH. NO PROBLEMS. PBI BB 073/087 076/088 076 1534232 FLL BB 075/086 077/087 076 1544232 MIA BB 074/087 076/089 077 1554232 APF BB 074/088 073/090 074 1534232 .MIA...FLOOD WATCH COLLIER...GLADES...HENDRY...BROWARD...MIAMI-DADE AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING.
FLZ063-066>075-240000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 120 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. CORRECTED FOR FORMATTING .DAY ONE...TODAY ...FLOOD WATCH COLLIER GLADES HENDRY MIAMI-DADE BROWARD... ...AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA, MAINLY FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR COLLIER, HENDRY, AND GLADES COUNTIES. THIS WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO INCLUDE MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES. DUE TO HEAVY RAINS DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS, THE FACT THAT NEAR SATURATIION OF GROUND CONDITIONS EXIST, AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY, AN ENHANCED THREAT OF AT LEAST LOCALIZED FLOODING EXISTS IN THE WATCH AREA. OTHER THREATS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES, AND POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. 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 MAY BE REQUIRED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
FLZ071>075-232100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1006 AM EDT MON JUN 23 2003 ...FLOODING A POSSIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON... RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN THIS MORNING OVER THE WESTERN REGION OF SOUTH FLORIDA. THIS RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER DISTRICT MANAGEMENT SAID THAT THE CANALS FULL THIS MORNING...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL CAN LEAD TO POSSIBLE FLOODING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MAY ISSUE A FLOOD WARNING FOR MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS. MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ALERT FOR STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IF YOU CAN NOT SEE THE ROAD...DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS. IF YOU EXPERIENCE FLOODED ROADWAYS OR WATER INTRUSION INTO BUILDINGS ...PLEASE CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE TO RELAY YOUR REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT MIAMIWEATHER.INFO. FOR INFORMATION IN SPANISH, VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT ELTIEMPOENMIAMI.INFO. BAXTER/EBAUGH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
125 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1230 PM GLADES COUNTY FL GLADES COUNTY ROAD
DEPARTMENT REPORTED
STANDING WATER ON THE KIRBY
THOMSON ROAD NEAR THE
HENDRY/GLADES COUNTY LINE
AND ON COUNTY ROAD 720
THROUGH THE MUSE AREA.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
After an estimated 8 to 12 inches of rain fell in a 7-hour period, Fisheating Creek rose above flood stage causing minor flooding of the Fisheating Creek Campground and inundating CR 720 near Muse.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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