1 wildfire, 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 Aug 17, 1:10 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
SOUTH FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 210 PM EDT TUE AUG 17 2004 .DISCUSSION...TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA...AT LEAST INTO THE WEEKEND. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL ONLY BRIEFLY WEAKEN SUNDAY OR MONDAY. SURFACE RIDGE WILL RESIDE MOSTLY OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA MAINTAINING EAST/SOUTHEAST LOW-LEVEL FLOW OVER SOUTH FLORIDA. SUBTLE DAY-TO-DAY DIFFERENCES IN WIND FLOW...PRECIPITABLE WATER AND STABILITY WILL DICTATE EXACTLY WHERE AND WHEN CONVECTION WILL FORM. INTERIOR AND WEST ZONES WILL CERTAINLY RECEIVE THE LIONS SHARE OF STORMS EACH AFTERNOON/EVENING IN THE EASTERLY FLOW REGIME. WILL KEEP POPS HIGH CHANCE TO LIKELY THOSE AREAS. WILL BUMP UP DAYTIME POPS TO CLIMO EAST COAST METRO AREAS (HIGH CHANCE) AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEXT 48 HOURS LOOK CLOSER TO NORMAL OR A BIT HIGHER. WILL KEEP ISOLATED ACTIVITY FOR OVERNIGHT HOURS GIVEN ONSHORE FLOW. SHOULD SEE CONVECTION INITIATING EARLY NEAR THE EAST COAST THEN SPREADING INLAND AND INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGHOUT THE DAY...BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...AND PERHAPS FRIDAY. SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND SO WILL KEEP POPS A BIT BELOW NORMAL THEN. MOS TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE LOOKS GOOD. && .MARINE...EAST/SOUTHEAST FLOW LESS THAN 15 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO PROBLEMS/CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 78 90 78 90 / 20 50 20 50 FORT LAUDERDALE 80 89 80 90 / 20 30 20 30 MIAMI 80 90 80 90 / 20 50 20 50 NAPLES 75 90 76 91 / 30 60 30 60 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 335 AM EDT TUE AUG 17 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA FLZ063-066>075-172200- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-DADE METROPOLITAN-EASTERN COLLIER-GLADES-HENDRY- MAINLAND MONROE-PALM BEACH EASTERN-PALM BEACH WESTERN- WESTERN BROWARD-WESTERN COLLIER-WESTERN DADE- 335 AM EDT TUE AUG 17 2004 .DAY ONE...TODAY ...MODERATE RISK OF LIGHTNING MAINLY INTERIOR... ...HEAT INDEX 100 TO 105 ALONG GULF AND ATLANTIC COAST... ...HEAT INDEX 105 TO 110 INTERIOR... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZES AND MOVE SLOWLY TO THE WEST. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG OVER THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. THE THREAT WILL BE FOR STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S NEAR THE COAST, TO SOME MID 90S INLAND, COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 105 AT THE COAST WITH 105 TO 110 HEAT INDEX READINGS IN THE INTERIOR. 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning-initiated wildfire burned about 800 acres just west of U.S. 27 at Sheridan Street.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, August 2004
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5412016.