1 heavy rain, 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 2, 1:36 PM EST, 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 236 PM EDT SAT SEP 2 2006 .DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING MIAMI AT THIS TIME ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. MIA RECORDED 3.21 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 1 AND 2 PM...AND SO FAR THE TOTAL IS AT 3.71 INCHES AND COUNTING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR THE MIAMI AREA AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM. MANY OTHER AREAS ACROSS MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA HAVE SEEN HEAVY RAINFALL AS WELL...BUT LUCKILY THE STORMS HAVE MOVED QUICKER ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA. STORMS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING...AND EXPECT A QUIET NIGHT AGAIN TONIGHT...THOUGH SCATTERED STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE OVER THE GULF AND ATLANTIC WATERS. THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AT LEAST...ARE SETTING UP TO BE WET AND STORMY. A MOIST...DEEP TROPICAL SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH FL SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THIS HAS ALREADY CREATED NUMEROUS/WIDESPREAD TSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. SEE NO REASON THIS WILL CHANGE. SATELLITE IMAGERY EVEN SHOWS WHAT LOOKS TO BE A VERY BROAD TROUGH OR CONVERGENCE AREA OVER THE BAHAMAS...AND BOTH THE GFS AND NAM SHOW THIS TROUGHING/CONVERGENCE AREA MOVING INTO SOUTH FLORIDA BY MONDAY. PWATS LOOK TO RANGE WELL OVER 2 INCHES NEXT FEW DAYS...SO HAVE INCREASED POPS FOR THE NEXT 48 HRS...AND HAVE ADDED HEAVY RAINFALL MENTION TO THE FORECAST. DID NOT MAKE CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST...THOUGH SUSPECT WE WILL NEED A SLIGHT UPWARD TREND IN POPS FOR THE ATLANTIC COAST IF MODELS KEEP UP THE TREND. GFS SHOWS A MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIGGING INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO BY THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK...AND THIS COULD PROVIDE GOOD DYNAMICS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG STORMS THEN...SO AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. && .AVIATION...IFR CONDITIONS IN THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH ABOUT 6 PM...THEN IMPROVING CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING WITH MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. VFR OVERNIGHT...BUT THEN EXPECT STORMS AGAIN DEVELOPING TOMORROW. WE ADDED IN PROB TSRA FOR TOMORROW...BUT THIS LIKELY WILL BE TRENDED UPWARDS WITH LATER FCST ISSUANCES. && .MARINE...THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSE THE GREATEST CONCERN FOR MARINERS...WITH LIGHTNING/GUSTY WINDS A THREAT. SYNOPTIC SCALE FLOW THOUGH WILL REMAIN RATHER WEAK...AND SEAS GENERALLY LESS THAN 2 FEET. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 74 87 76 88 / 40 80 50 80 FORT LAUDERDALE 75 87 76 88 / 40 80 50 80 MIAMI 76 88 76 87 / 40 80 50 80 NAPLES 75 88 74 89 / 40 80 50 70 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && GREGORIA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 919 AM EDT SAT SEP 2 2006 FLZ063-066>075-031330- GLADES-HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN-PALM BEACH EASTERN- WESTERN COLLIER-EASTERN COLLIER-WESTERN BROWARD- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-WESTERN DADE-DADE METROPOLITAN- MAINLAND MONROE- 919 AM EDT SAT SEP 2 2006 ...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH RISK OF LIGHTNING THIS AFTERNOON... ...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND SEA BREEZE DEVELOPMENT ON BOTH COASTS WILL CAUSE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE IN ANY THUNDERSTORM. WIND: WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. FLOODING: LIGHT STEERING FLOW WILL RESULT IN VERY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. WHEN COMBINED WITH THE MOIST TROPICAL AIRMASS IN PLACE, THIS MAY LEAD TO URBAN FLOODING AND FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS, PARTICULARLY ACROSS INTERIOR AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY, WITH A GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.MIAMIWEATHER.INFO. TINGLER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 152 PM EDT SAT SEP 2 2006 FLZ068-021835- PALM BEACH EASTERN- 152 PM EDT SAT SEP 2 2006 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF CANAL POINT TO WELLINGTON TO DEERFIELD BEACH IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY...AFFECTING BOCA RATON, DELRAY BEACH AND BOYNTON BEACH BY 2 PM EDT, LAKE WORTH AND WEST PALM BEACH BY 215 PM EDT, AND RIVIERA BEACH, JUNO BEACH AND JUPITER FROM 215 TO 230 PM EDT. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE URBAN FLOODING. MOTORISTS IN METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY SHOULD DRIVE WITH INCREASED CAUTION AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains from thunderstorms caused the roof of a home in Opa-Locka to cave in. The dining room and a bedroom were destroyed, and extensive water damage was observed.The roof had recently undergone repairs from Hurricane Wilma damage in October 2005.
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