1 tornado, 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 Aug 21, 1:32 PM EST, 5 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 232 PM EDT MON AUG 21 2006 .DISCUSSION...EARLIER CONVECTION OVER THE SE METRO REGION HAS KIND OF PUT A DAMPER ON AFTERNOON ACTIVITY WITH STABILIZED LOW LEVEL ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS SHOWING UP QUITE WELL ON VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY. OVERALL STABILITY STILL QUITE IMPRESSIVE WITH PLENTY OF DEEP LAYER MOISTURE TO WORK WITH SO COULD STILL SEE SOME RECOVERY BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH DEBRIS CLOUDS NOW BEGINNING TO THIN OUT. AT ANY RATE, AN UPPER TROUGH EXTENDING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FL PENINSULA WHICH IS AN EXTENSION OF A TROUGH CURRENTLY MOVING OFF THE MID ATLANTIC STATES IS SANDWICHED BETWEEN STRONG UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND THE MID ATLANTIC SUBTROPICAL RIDGE. A SURFACE RIDGE THEN LIES ACROSS CENT FLA GIVING OUR REGION LOW LEVEL SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW FOLLOWED BY MORE SOUTHERLY FLOW ABOVE ABOUT 15K. AS THE MAIN UPPER LOW MOVES OUT OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC, THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL BUILD WESTWARD AND FILL IN ACROSS THE REGION WITH A SLIGHT DRYING TREND EXPECTED ALONG THE EAST COAST AND DEEP EASTERLY FLOW RETURNING. SO HIGHEST POPS BY MID WEEK WILL BE INTERIOR SOUTH FLA AND THE SW CST. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE INTO WEEKS END. THE GFS IS SHOWING THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF TROP WV TO AFFECT OUR AREA BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND BUT WILL LEAVE POPS ALONE FOR THE TIME BEING. && .AVIATION...THE CURRENT AREAS OF ACTIVE CONVECTION ARE MAINLY IN THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA PENINSULA. SO FOR THE SHORT TERM VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL. HOWEVER...CONVECTION SHOULD START LATER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR SECTIONS AND MAY AFFECT APF LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WITH THE FLORIDA PENINSULA UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW AND THE LOW LEVEL FLOW IS GENERALLY SOUTHERLY...SO CHANCES OF CONVECTION WILL PERSIST INTO THE OVER NIGHT HOURS..WITH INTERVALS OF IFR CONDITIONS. && .MARINE...SE WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 10 KT OR LESS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH SEAS AT LESS THAN 4 FEET. WIND AND SEAS MAY BEGIN TO INCREASE WITH THE APPROACH OF THE WAVE OVER THE WEEKEND. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO PROBLEMS OR CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 78 90 78 89 / 30 70 30 50 FORT LAUDERDALE 78 90 78 88 / 30 70 30 50 MIAMI 78 90 78 88 / 30 60 30 50 NAPLES 76 91 76 91 / 30 70 30 60 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && BRABANDER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 543 PM EDT MON AUG 21 2006 FLZ063-066>075-222145- GLADES-HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN-PALM BEACH EASTERN- WESTERN COLLIER-EASTERN COLLIER-WESTERN BROWARD- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-WESTERN DADE-DADE METROPOLITAN- MAINLAND MONROE- 543 PM EDT MON AUG 21 2006 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF OVER INTERIOR AND WESTERN AREAS THROUGH THE EVENING. SCATTERED STORMS WILL BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT ACROSS EAST COASTAL AREAS. THE MAIN IMPACTS FROM THE STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING STRIKES, LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL, AND OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ONCE AGAIN ON TUESDAY OVER MOST OF SOUTH FLORIDA, AS THE DEEP TROPICAL AIRMASS REMAINS OVER THE AREA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT LIKELY 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 405 PM EDT MON AUG 21 2006 FLZ066-070-212115- HENDRY-EASTERN COLLIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLEWISTON...LA BELLE... BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE RESERVATION...IMMOKALEE 405 PM EDT MON AUG 21 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 400 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN THE IMMOKALEE AREA WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE IMMOKALEE AND FELDA AREAS.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:05 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Waterspouts witnessed by several people came onshore near the Deerfield Beach Pier as a tornado. The tornado lasted about 1 minute before dissipating. No damage was reported.
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