Thunderstorms over Northern Broward County produced lightning which killed a 24-year-old man.
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Thunderstorms over Northern Broward County produced lightning which killed a 24-year-old man.
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 Aug 13, 9:29 AM EST, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1029 AM EDT MON AUG 13 2007 .UPDATE... THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE HAS STARTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG IT OVER BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES THIS MORNING. THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SLOWLY INLAND THROUGH REST OF THE DAY...AS THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE DEVELOPS AND PUSHES INLAND. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ALSO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND PUSH SLOWLY INLAND THROUGH THE DAY ALONG BOTH SEA BREEZES. THERE IS ALSO A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTH FLORIDA THIS MORNING THAT WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD DOWN THE SUNSHINE STATE AND INTO THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THIS TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL ALSO HELP TO FIRE UP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE AREA TOO. THE STEERING FLOW OVER THE CWA TODAY WILL ALSO BE FROM THE SOUTH DUE TO THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE MID TO UPPER LEVEL HIGH OVER THE BAHAMAS. SO WILL HAVE NUMEROUS POPS OVER THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE AREA TAPPING OFF DOWN TO SCATTERED POPS OVER THE SOUTHERN AREAS OF THE CWA FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THERE COULD ALSO BE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE ACTIVITY TODAY...AS THE PWAT WAS AROUND AROUND 2 INCHES THIS MORNING AND THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. THEREFORE...WILL MENTION HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE INTERIOR ZONES AND THE METRO AREAS ZONES OF MAINLY PALM BEACH COUNTY WERE THE FOCUS WILL BE A LITTLE HIGHER. REST OF THE FORECAST LOOKS GOOD AT THIS TIME...AND NO OTHER CHANGES ARE PLAN. && BAXTER .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 423 AM EDT MON AUG 13 2007/ SYNOPSIS...TUTT LOW OVR ERN GULF OF MEX MOVING SLOWLY WEST. LARGE DEEP LAYER HIGH CENTERED OVR NEW MEX DOMINATING WX CONDS OVR MOTS OF THE COUNTRY. SECOND SMALLER HIGH CENTERED OVR NRN BAHAMAS. MID/UPR LVL FLOW BETWEEN THIS HIGH AND TUTT OVR ERN GULF ADVECTING LARGE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE NORTHWARD ACROSS CUBA/FL STRAITS AND INTO S. FL. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWING A LARGE AREA OF SHWRS/TSTMS MOVING NORTH ACROSS FLORIDA STRAITS ATTM. LONG WAVE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM ERN CANADA SOUTH ALONG ERN SEABOARD TO JUST OFF THE CAROLINAS COAST. SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY...TUTT LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY WEST TODAY AND SOUTHERLY FLOW BEHIND WILL CONTINUE TO PULL LARGE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE FROM THE CARIB NORTH TO S. FL. IN SPITE OF LARGE AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER EXPECTED OVR S. FL THIS MORNING, STILL BELIEVE DIURNAL HEATING WILL BE ENOUGH TO GIVE RISE TO SEA/LAKE BREEZES WHICH WILL THEN INITIATE CONVECTION OVER LAND LATER THIS MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON. AS PER FORECAST SOUNDING, STEERING FLOW THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE QUITE DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS DAY WITH MORE OF A LIGHT SSW COMPONENT, BRINGING ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS OVR LAND CLOSER TO ERN METRO AREAS. ANY ACTIVITY OVR THE ERN GULF WILL LIKEWISE BE ADVECTED TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST COAST AND NAPLES METRO AREAS. WITH THIS IN MIND WILL INDICATE HIGH SCT/LIKELY POPS EVERYWHERE. DUE TO EXPECTED SLOW MOTION OF SHWRS/TSTMS AND EXPECTED PWAT VALUES AROUND 2.40 INCHES, WILL ALSO INDICATE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN ZFP AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS IN HWO. TUESDAY...LONG WAVE TROUGH ALONG ERN SEABOARD SHOULD CONTINUE TO DIG SOUTH AND PUSH UPPER HIGH OVER THE BAHAMAS WESTWARD OVR GULF OF MEX. AND DRAG ASSOCIATED SFC BOUNDARY TO S. FL. TUE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. UPPER LEVEL DIFF BETWEEN THIS TROUGH AND RIDGE TO THE WEST...COUPLED WITH ENHANCED LOW LVL CONVERGENCE DUE TO THE SFC BOUNDARY WILL AGAIN RESULT IN SCT SHWRS/TSTMS ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA. LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...DRY WX CONDS EXPECTED DURING THIS PERIOD AS UPR LVL SPEED CONVERGENCE BETWEEN THE TROUGH AND RIDGE RESULT IN RATHER STRONG SUBSIDENCE ACROSS S. FL. AS THE TROUGH LIFTS NE BY THU, IT LEAVES A CUTOFF LOW OVR THE BAHAMAS WHICH WILL THEN DRIFT WWD THROUGH FRI BUT KEEPING S. FL UNDER SUBSIDENCE. WL KEEP ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE WITH POPS AT OR BELOW 20 PERCENT DURING THIS PERIOD. SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WELL I GUESS I HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT. YEAH, THE STRONG TROPICAL WAVE OVR EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC. GFS AND UKMET INSIST ON DEVELOPING THIS SYSTEM, NOGAPS DOESNT KNOW IT IS THERE AND ECMWF KEEPS FLIPPING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN RUNS. TOO EARLY TO TELL HOW MUCH EFFECT, IF ANY, THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE ON THE LOCAL AREA. BUT, AS OF THE LATEST RUN, GFS BUILDS A STRONG ATLC RIDGE WESTWARD KEEPING THE SYSTEM S. OF THE ISLANDS AND PASSING SOUTH OF CUBA SUNDAY EVENING. SHOULD THIS VERIFY, WELL BE TOO FAR AWAY TO EXPERIENCE ANY DIRECT INFLUENCE, HOWEVER MODERATE TO STRONG E/NE WIND FLOW BETWEEN THE SYSTEM AND THE ATLC RIDGE WILL RESULT IN INCREASED CONVERGENCE AND HENCE PRECIP AND WINDY CONDITIONS DURING THIS PERIOD. IN ANY CASE...CLOSE ATTENTION SHOULD BE PAID TO THIS SYSTEM AS IT PROGRESSES WESTWARD THROUGH THE ATLANTIC AND POSSIBLY CARIBBEAN THIS WEEK. AVIATION...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR ALL SOUTH FLORIDA TERMINALS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THERE IS A LINE OF SHOWERS BEGINNING TO COME INTO THE FLORIDA STRAIGHTS THIS MORNING AND MOVING TO THE NORTH. LOW LEVEL SPEED CONVERGENCE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAIGHTS THIS MORNING AND WILL RESULT IN THE SHOWERS MOVING NORTH ACROSS THE STRAIGHTS AND APPROACHING THE SOUTH FLORIDA PENINSULA BY MID MORNING. SO TERMINALS KTMB AND KMIA COULD HAVE LATE MORNING MARGINAL VFR CONDITIONS...WITH ALL SOUTH FLORIDA TERMINALS HAVING PERIODS OF POSSIBLE IFR CONDITIONS BY THE AFTERNOON AS THE AFTERNOON CONVECTION BEGINS. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. MARINE...WINDS BELOW 10 KNOTS AND SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH THU. WINDS AND SEAS COULD INCREASE BY FRIDAY AS THE ATLC RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD WESTWARD ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS. FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS AT THIS TIME. && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1149 AM EDT MON AUG 13 2007 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-140400- GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER- INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE- METRO MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH- COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- 1149 AM EDT MON AUG 13 2007 ...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY NORTH... ...SLIGHT RISK OF FLOODING ENTIRE AREA... ...SLIGHT RISK OF WATERSPOUTS ATLANTIC WATERS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS TODAY, WITH STORMS MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE, PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES, AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. WATERSPOUTS: SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF WATERSPOUTS TODAY. WIND: A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. FLOODING: SLOW MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED WITH ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY, AND THIS MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THIS WEEK...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT STRONG THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI. 70/DD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 150 PM EDT MON AUG 13 2007 FLZ071-072-131815- INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL-METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL- 150 PM EDT MON AUG 13 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY... AT 150 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CORAL SPRINGS. THIS STORM WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHWARD AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT... CORAL SPRINGS... AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THE PRIMARY IMPACT WILL BE GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. 70/DD
The Miami radar (KAMX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:16 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 24-year-old man was struck and killed by lightning while doing landscape work at a private residence in Parkland. The man was working with three other men when the lightning struck. It was not raining at the time, but there were dark storm clouds in the distance. None of the other men were injured.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Broward | 2007-08-13 | 24 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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