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 Aug 12, 10:30 AM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
SOUTH FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION FOR HEADLINES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1130 AM EDT THU AUG 12 2004 .UPDATE...WHILE THE PUBLIC FORECAST FOR THE REST OF TODAY LOOKS FINE...TWEAKED THE SECOND PERIOD OF THE PUBLIC FORECAST TO BRING IN HIGHER RAIN CHANCES...ESPECIALLY FOR THE WESTERN AREAS...THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. ALSO INCREASED WINDS OVER THE AREA...GOING TO CAUTION STATEMENT FOR EAST COAST. AREA CMANS ARE SHOWING THIS UPWARD TREND STARTING ALREADY. THIS TREND WILL FOLLOW OVER GULF WATERS LATER TODAY AS CHARLEY MOVES FURTHER NORTH. NO OTHER CHANGES AT THIS TIME. SEE OUR HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...MIAHLSMFL...FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR CHARLEYS IMPACT ON SOUTH FLORIDA. EC .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...ALL FORECASTS DEPENDANT ON HURR CHARLEY THIS AM PACKAGE. BASED ON CURRENT PACKAGE, GUIDANCE TOTALLY OUT TO LUNCH WITH MESO-ETA COMPLETELY USELESS. IT INITIALIZED WITH A WEAK LOW BUT THEN BY 03Z HAD CHARLEY COMPLETELY DISSIPATED. GFS THE BETTER CHOICE BUT EVEN IT DOES NOT DO JUSTICE SO WE SHOULD BEAT GUIDANCE THIS TIME AROUND HANDS DOWN. FOR NOW DO NOT PLAN ON ANY MAJOR CHANGES BUT WILL LIKELY NEED TO UPDATE SHORTLY AFT ISSUANCE. ALL MODEL GUIDANCE ARE SLOWING DOWN CHARLEY AND KEEPING IT FARTHER WEST THAN PREVIOUS RUNS. THIS WILL IMPACT THE CURRENT WINDS FORECAST BOTH EAST AND WEST COASTS. BUT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO UPDATE UNTIL TPC SENDS OUT THEIR 09Z FORECAST. DO PLAN ON LOWERING WIND SPEEDS ALONG THE EAST COAST HOWEVER IN THE WORDING. ALTHOUGH GRIDS LOOK ALRIGHT BASED ON TPC TRACK, ZONES WENT OUT WITH STRONGER WORDING SO WILL CLEAN THAT UP. WITH THE SLOWING OF THE SYSTEM, DO NOT SEE A NEED JUST YET FOR ANY KIND OF ADVISORIES OTHER THAN HURR WATCH THAT IS ALREADY POSTED. ANY KIND OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS STILL BEYOND MY 36 HOUR WINDOW SO WILL HAVE DAY SHIFT HANDLE THAT IF EVENTUALLY FEEL ANYTHING IS NEEDED. ALSO WILL NOT CHANGE ANY OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD UNTIL WE GET A BETTER HANDLE ON WHAT CHARLEY WILL DO LATE IN THE PERIOD. && .MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH THE FIRST 36 TO 48 HOUR PERIOD. HURR WATCH ALREADY UP FOR GULF WATERS AND WILL LIKELY NEED SCA FOR ATL SIDE BUT NOT UNTIL FRI. AS CHARLEY MOVES INLAND DURING THE DAY ON FRI WIND AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE REMAINING E TO SE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .FIRE WEATHER...EVEN THOUGH WINDS AND DSI WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OBVIOUS RH VALUES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE THE 35 PERCENT THRESHOLD SO NO NEED FOR ANY ADVISORIES. && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...HURRICANE WARNING FOR W COLLIER AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES. AM...NONE. GM...HURRICANE WARNING FOR GULF WATERS. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 934 AM EDT THU AUG 12 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA FLZ069-070-075-152200- EASTERN COLLIER-MAINLAND MONROE-WESTERN COLLIER- 934 AM EDT THU AUG 12 2004 .DAY ONE...TODAY ...HURRICANE WARNING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST... ...MODERATE RISK OF LIGHTNING... ...HEAT INDICES 100 TO 105... HURRICANE CHARLEY WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO EARLY FRIDAY AND WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST. PREPARATIONS NEED TO BE COMPLETED TODAY IN ADVANCE OF THIS STORM. WEATHER WILL GRADUALLY DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT, WITH HEAVY RAINFALL, INCREASING WINDS, AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INCREASES. THERE MAY BE ISOLATED WEAK TORNADOES AFTER MIDNIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS, AS CHARLEY ENTERS FLORIDA BAY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AS WELL AS RAINFALL INCREASES. OTHERWISE...WARM TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDICES 100 TO 105. 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HURRICANE CHARLEY WILL MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE GULF WATERS ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST ON FRIDAY, BRINGING STRONG WINDS, VERY ROUGH SEAS, FLOODING RAINS, AND COASTAL INUNDATIONS. CONTINUING RISK FOR WEAK TORNADOES IN THE OUTER RAINBANDS ALONG THE COAST. SEE THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT AT AFOS PIL MIAHSLMFL, OR WMO HEADER WTUS82 KMFL, FOR MORE INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY ON FRIDAY AS CHARLEY MOVES NORTH ALONG THE GULF COAST OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. FLZ063-066>068-071>074-152200- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-DADE METROPOLITAN-GLADES-HENDRY- PALM BEACH EASTERN-PALM BEACH WESTERN-WESTERN BROWARD-WESTERN DADE- 934 AM EDT THU AUG 12 2004 .DAY ONE...TODAY ...MODERATE RISK OF LIGHTNING... ...HEAT INDICES 100 TO 105... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTH OVER THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BRING STRONG GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. IN ADDITION, WARM TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDICES 100 TO 105 THIS AFTERNOON. 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT THE AREA FRIDAY AS HURRICANE CHARLEY MOVES NORTH ALONG THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF FLORIDA. SEE THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT AT AFOS PIL MIAHSLMFL, OR WMO HEADER WTUS82 KMFL, FOR MORE INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. EC
The Miami radar (KAMX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:48 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm blew down tree limbs and power lines.
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