1 hail, 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 Jul 16, 12:45 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
SOUTH FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 145 PM EDT FRI JUL 16 2004 .DISCUSSION...SURFACE RIDGE STILL SOUTH OF THE CWA AND SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH THROUGH MID WEEK. AFTER THAT...THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL MOVE NORTH AGAIN AND BE OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA BY THE END OF THE WEEK. THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY...AM BUYING THE 50 TO 60 PERCENT POPS THE GFS IS ADVERTISING OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA EACH AFTERNOON. A LONG WAVE TROUGH IN THE MID/UPPER LEVELS HAS BEEN TAKING UP RESIDENCE OVER THE EAST SIDE OF THE COUNTRY WITH A RIDGE OVER THE WEST. CONVECTION WILL BE ENHANCED LATER TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT DUE TO A MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE JUST ABOUT TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTH FLORIDA. SEVERAL SHORT WAVES WILL BE ROTATING AROUND THE LONG WAVE AT LEAST THROUGH TUESDAY TO ENCHANCE ACTIVITY EACH AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE GFS SHOWS THE LAST SHORT WAVE PASSING SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA EARLY WEDNESDAY AND BY NEXT WEEKEND...MID/UPPER RIDGING WILL BUILD IN TO OUR NORTH...SO FOR THE LATER PART OF NEXT WEEK WE WILL SEE THE HIGHER POPS SHIFT WESTWARD AGAIN. && .MARINE...WINDS WILL REMAIN MAINLY SOUTH/SOUTHWEST LESS THAN 10 KNOTS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...THEN SHIFT SE. NO HIGHLIGHTS EXPECTED. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHT ANTICIPATED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 76 93 76 93 / 40 60 40 50 FORT LAUDERDALE 78 91 77 92 / 30 50 30 50 MIAMI 78 92 77 93 / 30 50 30 50 NAPLES 78 90 78 89 / 20 30 20 30 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 405 AM EDT FRI JUL 16 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA FLZ063-066>075-162100- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-DADE METROPOLITAN-EASTERN COLLIER-GLADES-HENDRY- MAINLAND MONROE-PALM BEACH EASTERN-PALM BEACH WESTERN- WESTERN BROWARD-WESTERN COLLIER-WESTERN DADE- 405 AM EDT FRI JUL 16 2004 .DAY ONE...TODAY ...HIGH RISK OF LIGHTNING PALM BEACH COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON... ...MODERATE RISK OF LIGHTNING REST OF EAST AND INTERIOR... ...STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE INTERIOR AND EAST COAST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HEAT INDICES 105 TO 110 MOST AREAS... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE INTERIOR AND EAST COAST METRO AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND COULD ALSO BE STRONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL POSSIBLE. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL OCCURRED YESTERDAY, AND THIS CANNOT BE RULED OUT FROM OCCURRING AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S ACROSS INTERIOR AND EASTERN LOCATIONS, COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY, WILL MAKE IT FEEL AS IF TEMPERATURES WILL BE 105 TO 110. 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON INTERIOR AND EAST.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
757 AM EDT FRI JUL 16 2004
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0600 PM TORNADO DAVIE 26.09N 80.30W
07/15/2004 F0 BROWARD FL NWS STORM SURVEY
A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN UPROOTING SEVERAL TREES.
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JBLThe Miami radar (KAMX), 13 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:51 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail three-quarters of an inch in diameter was reported. Thunderstorm winds caused power outages to about 16,000 customers in Miami-Dade County.
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