1 lightning, 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 Jun 7, 2:58 AM EST, 5 hours 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 358 AM EDT MON JUN 7 2004 .DISCUSSION...POSITION OF LOW LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS RATHER UNCHANGED THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK. UPPER LEVEL FLOW REMAINS QUITE WEAK...BUT SUBTLE CHANGES IN THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILES WILL HINT AT WHERE CONVECTION SHOULD BE ENHANCED EACH DAY. WEAK UPPER TROUGH FINALLY BEGINS LIFTING OUT TODAY. CONVECTION FIRING UP AGAIN EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG THETA-E RIDGE OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS AND THE BAHAMAS...INCHING CLOSER TO SOUTH FLORIDA. GFS STILL BRINGS AXIS ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. COMBINATION OF THIS LOW LEVEL ENERGY SOURCE AND 500MB TEMPS REMAINING AROUND -9C WILL ALLOW STORMS TO EXHIBIT SIMILAR CHARACTER AS OCCURRED THE LAST FEW DAYS WITH GUSTY WINDS, LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN, AND SMALL HAIL THE EXTENT OF IT. STORMS BARELY REACHED SEVERE THRESHOLD YESTERDAY. WILL MENTION IN HAZARDOUS OUTLOOK BUT DONT THINK IT WARRANTS ANY SPECIFIC MENTION IN THE ZONES AS I TRY TO RESERVE THAT FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DAYS. LIGHT WINDS WILL KEEP PULSE CONVECTION NEARLY STATIONARY FOR THEIR SHORT LIFE SPAN. UPPER RIDGE BEGINS BUILDING IN LATE TODAY...FOCUSING STORM TRAJECTORY TOWARD THE WEST COAST FROM TUESDAY ON. WINDS TURN OUT OF THE SOUTH BY THURSDAY SHIFTING THUNDERSTORMS TOWARD THE INTERIOR. PERHAPS A SOUTHWEST FLOW BY THE WEEKEND TO BRING RUMBLES OF THUNDER INTO THE EAST COAST. && .MARINE...WINDS REMAIN SOUTHEAST UNDER 15 KNOTS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. BOATERS WILL HAVE TO CONTEND WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ANYTIME AND SCATTERED AFTERNOON STORMS NEAR THE COAST. OTHERWISE...HAPPY BOATING. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 88 75 88 76 / 50 20 30 10 FORT LAUDERDALE 88 76 87 77 / 50 20 30 10 MIAMI 89 78 88 78 / 50 20 30 10 NAPLES 90 73 90 72 / 40 30 50 00 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && 55
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 500 AM EDT MON JUN 7 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA FLZ068-072-074-072200- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-DADE METROPOLITAN-PALM BEACH EASTERN- 500 AM EDT MON JUN 7 2004 .DAY ONE...TODAY ...MODERATE RISK OF LIGHTNING IN POSSIBLE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS... ...MODERATE RISK OF WATERSPOUTS... A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE MOVING ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY WILL GENERATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. THE MAIN HAZARD WILL BE THE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. UPPER WINDS ARE QUITE WEAK AND THE MODERATE RISK OF WATERSPOUTS DEVELOPING IN THE COASTAL WATERS OFF OF EASTERN FLORIDA EXISTS. 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 THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BECOME AN ALMOST DAILY OCCURRENCE. AT THIS TIME...LIGHTNING WILL BE A DAILY HAZARD. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. FLZ063-066-067-069>071-073-075-072200- EASTERN COLLIER-GLADES-HENDRY-MAINLAND MONROE-PALM BEACH WESTERN- WESTERN BROWARD-WESTERN COLLIER-WESTERN DADE- 500 AM EDT MON JUN 7 2004 .DAY ONE...TODAY ...MODERATE RISK OF LIGHTNING IN POSSIBLE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS... A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE MOVING ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY WILL GENERATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. THE MAIN HAZARD WILL BE THE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. 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 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME AN ALMOST DAILY OCCURRENCE. AT THIS TIME...LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 825 AM EDT MON JUN 7 2004 FLZ072-071315- BROWARD METROPOLITAN- 825 AM EDT MON JUN 7 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING THE CENTRAL BROWARD COASTLINE... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE NEAR SHORE WATERS OF CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY WILL MOVE SLOWLY WEST AT 5 MPH TOWARD THE COASTLINE OF CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED BY THIS THUNDERSTORM ARE LAUDERDALE BY THE4 SEA...OAKLAND PARK...AND FORT LAUDERDALE. WINDS GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS ALSO PRODUCED A FEW WATERSPOUTS OVER THE NEAR SHORE WATERS OF BROWARD COUNTY. RESIDENTS ALONG THE COASTLINE OF CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY NEED TO BE ALERT FOR MORE WATERSPOUTS THAT COULD MOVE ONSHORE AND POSSIBLY BECOME A TORNADO. IF YOU SEE ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL OFFICE AND THEY WILL REPORT IT BACK TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER OFFICE. BAXTER
The Miami radar (KAMX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:37 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Two construction workers were injured when lightning struck a nearby crane. The thunderstorm was approaching from about four miles away and it was not raining at the time the lightning struck.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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