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NWS Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 24, 12:05 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 105 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 2005 .DISCUSSION...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDED FROM TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN IN THE ATLANTIC WATERS WESTWARD TO CENTRAL FLORIDA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING JUST SOUTH OF THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST INTO THE CWA. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD EVEN BE STRONG LATE THIS AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY ALONG THE EAST COAST WHERE THE WEST COAST AND EAST COAST SEA BREEZE COLLIDES...AS THE LI INDEX WAS AROUND -8C AND THE HGT OF WET BULB WAS AROUND 12,000 FEET. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THE STORMS WILL MAINLY GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL DUE TO THE LOW WET BULB HGT. THE STEERING FLOW IS ALSO LIGHT AND THE PWAT WAS AROUND 2 INCHES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...SO ANY STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD END LATE THIS EVENING OR EARLY TONIGHT AS THE HEATING OF THE DAY IS LOST. HOWEVER...WITH THE STEERING FLOW FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST PLAN ON LEAVING A SLIGHT CHANCE ALONG THE WEST COAST METRO AREAS TONIGHT FOR ANY ACTIVITY THAT DEVELOPS IN THE GULF WATERS. THERE COULD EVEN BE SOME PATCHY FOG OVER THE INTERIOR AND INLAND WEST COAST AREAS TONIGHT...DUE TO THE LIGHT SOUTHWEST STEERING FLOW...AND THE HIGH PWATS. THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL STALL OVER THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE AREA ON MONDAY BEFORE WASHING OUT MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL KEEP THE STEERING FLOW LIGHT FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND THE PWAT AROUND 2 INCHES. SO HAVE UP THE POPS TO LIKELY FOR THE NORTHERN AREAS...AND HIGH IN CHANCE FOR REST OF THE INTERIOR AND EAST COAST AREAS FOR MONDAY. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL AGAIN BE ABLE TO HAVE HEAVY RAINFALL. SO PLAN ON PUTTING HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE ZONES FOR MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD INTO SOUTH FLORIDA FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW THE WINDS TO BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY OVER THE CWA...AND PUSH MOST OF THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO THE NORTHERN AREAS OF THE CWA. BUT AGAIN ALL OF THE CWA COULD SEE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .EXTENDED FORECAST... THE HIGH WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK INTO THIS WEEKEND...AS A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAIN STATES INTO THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES BEFORE STALLING OUT. THIS WILL KEEP THE CWA IN A SOUTHERLY FLOW AND THE HIGHEST CHANCE OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE AREA. BUT AGAIN ALL OF THE CWA COULD SEE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. SOME OF THE LONG RANGED MODELS ARE STILL SHOWING A TROPICAL WAVE IN THE EASTERN ATLANTIC WATERS TO MOVE WEST NORTHWEST AND APPROACH SOUTH FLORIDA BY LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. AT THIS TIME WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANCES TO THE FORECAST FOR LATE THIS WEEKEND UNTIL THE MODELS COME IN MORE AGREEMENT ON THE POSITION OF THE TROPICAL WAVE. && .MARINE...THE WINDS WILL REMAIN MAINLY FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE WEEK LESS THAN 10 KNOTS. THEREFORE...THE SEAS WILL BE 2 FEET OR LESS THROUGH THE WEEK. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO PROBLEMS IN THE FIRE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEEK AS THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES REMAIN WELL ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 77 92 77 92 / 40 60 40 40 FORT LAUDERDALE 79 91 79 91 / 40 50 30 30 MIAMI 80 92 80 92 / 40 50 30 30 NAPLES 78 90 78 91 / 30 50 30 30 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && BAXTER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1000 AM EDT SUN JUL 24 2005 FLZ063-066>075-251000- GLADES-HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN-PALM BEACH EASTERN- WESTERN COLLIER-EASTERN COLLIER-WESTERN BROWARD- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-WESTERN DADE-DADE METROPOLITAN- MAINLAND MONROE- 1000 AM EDT SUN JUL 24 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON, MAINLY OVER THE INTERIOR REGION AWAY FROM THE GULF COAST. THE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST AND SPREAD ACROSS THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS BY LATE AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES, VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS, SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. TEMPERATURES: APPARENT TEMPERATURES, OR HEAT INDEX, WILL RISE ABOVE 100 DEGREES NEARLY ALL LOCATIONS EXCEPT FOR THOSE NEAR WATER BODIES. IT WILL FEEL LIKE 105 TO 109 IN THE WARMEST AREAS ESPECIALLY THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.MIAMIWEATHER.INFO.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 325 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 2005 FLZ071-072-242000- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-WESTERN BROWARD- 325 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER RURAL WESTERN BROWARD COUNTY... AT 325 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTH ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 27 NEAR THE PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COUNTY LINE. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE EVERGLADES...BUT MAY IMPACT TRAVELLERS ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 27 AND INTERSTATE 75-ALLIGATOR ALLEY. EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED IF THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY STRENGTHENS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. HANDEL
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Two boys, ages 15 and 16, were knocked unconscious while standing under a tree in the woods, next to a canal. The 15-year-old was struck in the head and suffered cardiac arrest, but later recovered. It was just beginning to rain at the time.
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