1 flood, 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 Sep 8, 8:40 AM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
SOUTH FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 940 AM EDT WED SEP 8 2004 .UPDATE...MORNING MIAMI SOUNDING SHOWS A PWAT OF 2.18 INCHES. FLOW IS LIGHTER WITH 0-6 KM WIND AT 10 KNOTS...DOWN FROM 15 KNOTS 24 HOURS AGO. GIVEN THE LIGHTER FLOW AND DEEP MOISTURE...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS AGAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. WILL ADD LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WORDING TO THE ZFP UPDATE...AS WELL AS IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. NO CHANGES TO THE MARINE FORECAST ARE ANTICIPATED THIS MORNING. WINDS AT THE C-MAN OBS OF FOWEY AND LAKE WORTH BRIEFLY HAVE INCREASED INTO THE 15-20 KT RANGE. BELIEVE THIS IS DUE TO THE CONVECTION ALONG THE COAST. PREVAILING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 10-15 KNOT RANGE TODAY...DUE TO THE WEAKER GRADIENT. SEAS OF 2-4 FEET ARE FORECAST...AND WEB CAMS SUGGEST THAT THIS IS A GOOD CALL. && .PREVIOUS MORNING UPDATE...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AFFECTED MANY AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA YESTERDAY. TRAINING OF STORMS AFFECTED PORTIONS OF THE MIAMI METRO AREAS YESTERDAY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT A SWATH OF 1.5-4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL FROM BETWEEN TAMIAMI AIRPORT TO MIAMI INTERNATIONAL. HOWEVER...THE KENDALE LAKES AREA IS ESTIMATED BY RADAR TO HAVE RECEIVED 4-6 INCHES OF RAIN. LAST NIGHTS MIAMI SOUNDING SHOWED A SHARP INCREASE IN PRECIPITABLE WATER...UP TO 2.20 INCHES. LATEST DPI SOUNDING IMAGERY SHOWS PWATS VERY HIGH ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA CURRENTLY. THE WIND FLOW HAS LIGHTENED UP QUITE A BIT...AND WITH SUCH HIGH MOISTURE LEVELS...WE COULD BE LOOKING AT MORE HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY. WILL WAIT FOR MORNING SOUNDING BEFORE UPDATING. DO LIKE THE INHERITED 70% POPS AREA WIDE TODAY. WE HAVE TO WATCH IVAN. UPDATED THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK TO INCLUDE MENTION OF HURRICANE IVAN IN THE EXTENDED...AS THE NHC FORECAST TRACK HAS IVAN NEARING SOUTH FL BY MONDAY. WHAT AN ACTIVE HURRICANE SEASON...ESPECIALLY FOR FLORIDA. GREGORIA && .PREV DISCUSSION...WE CANNOT SEEM TO FIND ANY SOURCE OF DRIER AIR SO WITH SUFFICIENT MOISTURE WILL NEED TO KEEP THE PROBABILITIES AT THE LIKELY LEVEL AT LEAST THROUGH THURSDAY. SURFACE RIDGE HAS ALREADY RETURNED TO OUR ZONES. HOWEVER WE ARE BASICALLY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RIDGE SO WESTERLY FLOW WILL STILL PREDOMINATE. AS A RESULT LOOK FOR BEST CHANCE OF AFTERNOON CONVECTION OVER THE INTERIOR AND EASTERN ZONES. THURSDAY SHOULD BE MORE OF A TRANSITION DAY AS THE RIDGE BECOMES BETTER ESTABLISHED AND A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH SO SEA BREEZES SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEVELOP ON BOTH COASTS. THE END OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND WILL BELONG TO IVAN. THE IMPACT SHOULD BE TO FINALLY BRING IN SOME OF THE DRIER AIR TO THE EAST OF US AND PUT US INTO AN EASTERLY FLOW RAIN PATTERN SO LOWER PROBABILITIES. BASED ON THE PRESENT GUIDANCE THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD SHOULD BE ONE OF LITTLE CHANGE IN THE RAIN PATTERN...AND AN INCREASE IN WINDS AND CLOUDS FROM IVAN. UNTIL THERE IS A BETTER INDICATION OF THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE IVAN TRACK OUR END OF PERIOD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW SOME SWINGS BACK AND FORTH. && .MARINE...HIGH PRESSURE HAS BEGUN TO BUILD BACK OVER THE WATERS SO WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO SEE IMPROVED BOATING CONDITIONS. JUST A SLOW INCREASE BY THE END OF THE WEEK AS WE HAVE IVAN BEGIN TO APPROACH. COULD BE BACK TO SMALL CRAFT BY THE WEEKEND. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS. && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1016 AM EDT WED SEP 8 2004 FLZ063-066>075-082000- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-DADE METROPOLITAN-EASTERN COLLIER-GLADES-HENDRY- MAINLAND MONROE-PALM BEACH EASTERN-PALM BEACH WESTERN- WESTERN BROWARD-WESTERN COLLIER-WESTERN DADE- 1016 AM EDT WED SEP 8 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. MOISTURE IS HIGH ACROSS THE AREA...SO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD BE SEEN ACROSS THE AREA. STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 30 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY HURRICANE IVAN, LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA, IS FORECAST TO MOVE WEST NORTHWESTWARD OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...THEN GRADUALLY TURN MORE NORTHWESTWARD TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. HURRICANE IVAN IS A MAJOR HURRICANE...AND THE OFFICIAL NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FORECAST TRACK BRINGS IVAN VERY CLOSE TO SOUTH FLORIDA BY MONDAY. ALL INTERESTS ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER REGARDING THIS DANGEROUS HURRICANE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Rain from Hurricane Frances caused minor flooding on Fisheating Creek with a maximum water level of 7.5 feet or 0.5 feet above flood stage.
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