Severe thunderstorms affected parts of South Florida during the late afternoon and evening hours of July 2nd.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms affected parts of South Florida during the late afternoon and evening hours of July 2nd.
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 2, 1:11 PM EST, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 211 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2007 .SHORT TERM... THE EAST COAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZES WERE DEVELOPING ALONG BOTH COASTLINES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG BOTH SEA BREEZES. THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE SHOULD PUSH ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...AS THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE REMAINS NEAR THE EAST COAST...DUE TO SOUTHWEST STEERING FLOW OVER THE CWA. THIS WILL FOCUS MOST OF THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ALONG THE EAST COAST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...BUT THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST WILL ALSO SEE SCATTERED ACTIVITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SO WILL CONTINUE WITH THE NUMEROUS ACTIVITY FOR THE INTERIOR AND EAST COAST AREAS...AND SCATTERED ACTIVITY WEST COAST AREAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW JUST WEST OF CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL KEEP THE 500 MB TEMPS AROUND -7 CELSIUS...AND ALLOW FOR SOME OF THE STORMS TO BECOME STRONG OVER THE INTERIOR AND EAST COAST AREAS ESPECIALLY WHERE THE SEA BREEZES AND LAKE BREEZE COLLIDE. THE ACTIVITY OVER THE INTERIOR AND EAST COAST AREAS SHOULD DISSIPATE THIS EVENING...AS THE HEATING OF THE DAY IS LOST. HOWEVER...THE WEST COAST AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO SEE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES SLOWLY SOUTH OVER THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO. SO WILL HAVE SCATTERED POPS FOR THE INTERIOR AND EAST COAST AREAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...AND SCATTERED ANYTIME POPS FOR THE WEST COAST AREAS. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH INTO THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS THE BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. AT THE SAME TIME...A WEAK SURFACE LOW SHOULD DEVELOP OFF THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COASTLINE ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT OVER THIS AREA. THIS WILL KEEP THE STEERING FLOW FROM THE SOUTHWEST OVER THE CWA...AND FOCUS MOST OF THE ACTIVITY ALONG THE EAST COAST AREAS EACH DAY. SO WILL KEEP THE NUMEROUS POPS OVER THE INTERIOR AND EAST COAST...AND SCATTERED POPS ALONG THE WEST COAST AREAS FOR TUESDAY AND AGAIN FOR WEDNESDAY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL EACH DAY...DUE TO THE HIGH TROPICAL MOISTURE OVER THE CWA. SO WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE INTERIOR AND EAST COAST AREAS IN THE ZONES FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .EXTENDED FORECAST... THE WEAK SURFACE LOW SHOULD DISSIPATE LATE THIS WEEK OVER NORTH FLORIDA...AS THE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH DISSIPATES BY EARLY THIS WEEKEND. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR HIGH PRESSURE TO REBUILD BACK INTO THE CWA FROM THE ATLANTIC WATERS LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. SO THE STEERING FLOW SHOULD SHIFT FROM A SOUTHWEST DIRECTION LATE THIS WEEK TO A EASTERLY DIRECTION BY LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THEREFORE...THE HIGHEST POPS WILL SHOULD ALSO SHIFT FROM THE EAST COAST AREAS LATE THIS WEEK TO THE WEST COAST AREAS BY LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION... CONVECTION FIRING UP OVER INTERIOR S FLA AND THEN MOVING TOWARDS THE E CST WITH THIS TREND CONTINUING THROUGH 22Z TO 00Z. HIT AND MISS VARIETY HOWEVER WILL KEEP VCTS REMARK IN ALL E CST TERMINALS AND AMEND IF NECESSARY. CONVECTION WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER 00Z WITH VFR CONDITIONS PERSISTING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. E CST SEA BREEZE ALSO BEGINNING TO DEVELOP NEAR THE CST BUT NOT MAKING MUCH PROGRESS INLAND AND NOW DOES NOT APPEAR THAT IT WILL MAKE TO KOPF, KMIA, OR KTMB AND HAVE INDICATED THIS IN THE 18Z TAFS. && .MARINE... THE WINDS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON HAVE BEEN FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST DIRECTION AROUND 5 KNOTS. THIS DIRECTION SHOULD REMAIN CONSTANT THROUGH THURSDAY BEFORE SLOWLY SWINGING TO A SOUTHEAST DIRECTION BY LATE THIS WEEKEND. THE SPEEDS WILL ALSO REMAIN BELOW 10 KNOTS DURING THIS TIME. THEREFORE...THE SEAS WILL REMAIN BELOW 2 FEET THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN ALL OF THE CWA WATERS. SO THE BOATING WEATHER SHOULD BE GOOD OUTSIDE OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THIS WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND. && .FIRE WEATHER... NO PROBLEMS WITH THE FIRE WEATHER...AS THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE THE CRITICAL VALUE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 74 90 74 90 / 40 70 40 60 FORT LAUDERDALE 76 90 76 90 / 40 70 40 60 MIAMI 77 91 77 91 / 40 70 40 60 NAPLES 77 90 77 90 / 30 50 30 40 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && LONG TERM...54/BNB SHORT TERM/AVIATION...30/KOB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 559 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2007 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-022200- 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- 559 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2007 ...THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY INTERIOR AND EAST COAST... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND EAST COAST PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH FLORIDA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. WIND: THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. FLOODING: SLOW STORM MOTION AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN HEAVY RAINFALL WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. THIS WILL CREATE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. TEMPERATURES: AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL CLIMB INTO THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOST NUMEROUS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. AT THIS TIME...GUSTY WINDS... LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL APPEAR TO BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. 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 331 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2007 FLZ073-075-022015- MAINLAND MONROE FL-INLAND MIAMI-DADE FL- 331 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2007 AT 327 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FORTYMILE BEND...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONROE STATION. THIS STORM WAS DRIFTING SOUTHEAST. EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...DIME-SIZED HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED IF THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY STRENGTHENS. THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS FOUND ON BEACHES OR GOLF COURSES OFFER NO PROTECTION. GET INDOORS NOW STRASSBERG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 357 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2007 FLZ073-173-174-022045- FAR SOUTH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL-INLAND MIAMI-DADE FL-COASTAL MIAMI- DADE COUNTY FL- 357 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2007 AT 357 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR REDLAND...OR NEAR HOMESTEAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...DIME-SIZED HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED IF THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY STRENGTHENS. THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS FOUND ON BEACHES OR GOLF COURSES OFFER NO PROTECTION. GET INDOORS NOW STRASSBERG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 449 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2007 FLZ063-066-022130- HENDRY FL-GLADES FL- 449 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2007 AT 449 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH GLADES COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN HENDRY COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE PALMDALE...MOORE HAVEN...AND LAKEPORT. EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...DIME-SIZED HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED IF THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY STRENGTHENS. THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS FOUND ON BEACHES OR GOLF COURSES OFFER NO PROTECTION. GET INDOORS NOW STRASSBERG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Three men were struck by lightning while moving furniture in LaBelle. They were taken to a nearby hospital as a precaution. One of the victims was knocked unconscious for a few minutes, then complained of pain in his chest and throat after regaining consciousness. Time is estimated.
WPTV Channel 5 in West Palm Beach showed video of an apparent EF0 tornado just east of Lion Country Safari. No damage was reported.
Wind gusts estimated at 60 to 70 mph by trained spotter on Deer Run Road near Lion Country Safari. Downed trees and pea sized hail were reported in the area.
Wind gust estimated at 70 mph was reported by a trained spotter near the intersection of Rock Island Road and Margate Blvd.
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