1 lightning, 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 Jul 1, 12:03 PM EST, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION..CORRECTED FOR POPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 103 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005 .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WAS KEEPING THE WINDS OVER SOUTH FLORIDA IN A SOUTHWEST DIRECTION. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE TO MOVE ACROSS THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON AND KEEP THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE OVER THE EAST COAST METRO AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING ALONG THE WEST COAST AND EAST COAST SEA BREEZES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE SEA BREEZE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AS THE PRECIP WATER WAS STILL ABOVE 2 INCHES. SO PLAN ON HAVING THE LOWEST POPS ALONG THE WEST COAST TO THE HIGHEST POPS ALONG THE EAST COAST. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD COME TO AN END THIS EVENING OR EARLY TONIGHT AS THE HEATING OF THE DAY IS LOST...BUT THERE COULD BE A FEW SHOWERS TONIGHT ALONG THE WEST COAST DUE TO THE SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW. SO PLAN ON KEEPING THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF POPS ALONG THE WEST COAST AREAS FOR TONIGHT. THE HIGH WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS ON SATURDAY...AS A WEAK COLD FRONT OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY MOVES SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES BEFORE STALLING OUT AND REINFORCING THE WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL KEEP THE WINDS FROM A SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST DIRECTION OVER THE CWA...AND ALLOW FOR TROPICAL MOISTURE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE CWA FROM THE CARIBBEAN SEA KEEPING THE PWAT ABOVE 2 INCHES. SO PLAN ON KEEPING THE HIGHEST POPS ALONG THE EAST COAST AREAS ON SATURDAY ALONG THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ON SATURDAY COULD ALSO CAUSE LOW LYING/POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUNDS. THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SHOULD WEAKEN ON SUNDAY ALLOWING FOR THE HIGH TO MOVE BACK OVER SOUTH FLORIDA...AS A TROPICAL WAVE IN THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SEA MOVES WEST TO NORTHWEST THROUGH THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE WAVE COULD EVEN CLIP SOUTH FLORIDA ON SUNDAY KEEPING THE PWAT ABOVE 2 INCHES. SO PLAN ON KEEPING CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE CWA...EXCEPT FOR THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA WHERE THEY WILL BE IN THE LIKELY CAT DUE TO THE SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW ON SUNDAY. FOR 4 OF JULY...THE TROPICAL WAVE SHOULD BE EAST OF SOUTH FLORIDA...AS THE HIGH WILL BE JUST NORTH OF THE CWA. SO THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY THAT DO DEVELOP WILL GET PUSH INTO THE WEST COAST AND THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE AREA. SO THE HIGHEST POPS WILL BE OVER THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR AND WEST COAST AREAS. .EXTENDED FORECAST... THE HIGH WILL THEN MOVE NORTH INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA FOR THE MIDDLE TO LATE NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL GIVE SOUTH FLORIDA A EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW OVER THE CWA. SO THE EAST COAST AREAS WILL SEE THE NIGHT TIME AND MORNING ACTIVITY...AND THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST AREAS WILL SEE THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACTIVITY. && .MARINE...THE WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST DIRECTION THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE SLOWLY SWINGING TO A EAST TO SOUTHEAST DIRECTION BY INDEPENDENCE DAY. THE WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW 10 KNOTS THROUGH THE FOUR OF JULY WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THEREFORE...THE SEAS WILL REMAIN 2 FEET OR LESS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS WITH FIRE WEATHER DUE TO THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES REMAINING WELL ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 75 92 76 92 / 40 60 40 60 FORT LAUDERDALE 76 91 77 91 / 40 60 40 50 MIAMI 77 92 78 92 / 40 60 40 40 NAPLES 78 88 77 91 / 20 30 20 40 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...FLOOD WARNING FOR FISHEATING CREEK IN GLADES COUNTY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && BAXTER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1144 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005 AMZ630-FLZ063-066>068-071>074-012200- BISCAYNE BAY-BROWARD METROPOLITAN-GLADES-HENDRY-MIAMI- DADE METROPOLITAN-PALM BEACH EASTERN-PALM BEACH WESTERN- WESTERN BROWARD-WESTERN MIAMI DADE- 1144 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ...HIGH RISK OF LIGHTNING EAST COAST AND INTERIOR... THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTHEAST INTO THE METRO AREAS OF MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES. FLOODING: HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STORMS WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.MIAMIWEATHER.INFO. FLZ069-070-075-012200- EASTERN COLLIER-MAINLAND MONROE-WESTERN COLLIER- 1144 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. THE MAIN IMPACT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.MIAMIWEATHER.INFO.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:29 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A male construction worker at a golf course was injured when lightning struck a pickup truck and flashed off of it. He suffered burns and was transported to the hospital then released. It was raining at the time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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