Severe weather continued over parts of South Florida on July 23rd as a mid to upper level trough continued over the region.
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The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
Severe weather continued over parts of South Florida on July 23rd as a mid to upper level trough continued over the region.
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 23, 1:21 PM EST, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 221 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2007 .DISCUSSION...MID LVL LOW OVER WEST VIRGINIA WILL MOVE NORTHWEST TO THE GREAT LAKES REGION BY LATE THURSDAY WHICH IN TURN ALLOWS HIGH PRESSURE IN THE LOW AND MID LEVELS TO MOVE NORTH AND BUILD INTO FLORIDA PAST MID WEEK. UNTIL WEDNESDAY, AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING POPS WILL BE LIKELY WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY AIDED BY SEABREEZES AND OUTFLOWS. WITH THE LOW AND MID LEVEL RIDGING MOVING NORTH, THE FLOW CHANGES FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO A MORE SOUTHEAST DIRECTION. AFTER WEDNESDAY THE FOCUS OF CONVECTION WILL SHIFT TO THE INTERIOR AND WEST. THE LOWER LEVEL RIDGING WILL STAY NORTH OF SOUTH FLORIDA FOR QUITE SOME TIME, POSSIBLY AS LONG AS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE RIDGE WILL POSSIBLY SLIDE SOUTH AGAIN AFTER NEXT WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...SIGNIFICANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM OFFSHORE CONVECTION HAS PUSHED THROUGH ALL EAST COAST TERMINALS WITH A WIND SHIFT TO THE EAST AND TEMPORARY STABILIZATION OF THE EAST COAST METRO. EXPECT THIS BOUNDARY TO HIT SW FLOW ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND CAUSE REDEVELOPMENT OF STORMS WHICH WILL MOVE EAST BACK TOWARDS EAST COAST TERMINALS LATER THIS AFTERNOON/THIS EVENING. WILL CARRY TEMPO GROUP FOR +TSRA FROM 19-23Z AS A RESULT. STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE/MOVE OFFSHORE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET AND A WEAK LAND BREEZE MAY DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT ALONG THE EAST COAST SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT. OVERCAST SKIES AT KAPF MAY KEEP SEA BREEZE FROM DEVELOPING UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND WITH CLOUD COVER ALL DAY DO NOT KNOW IF IT WILL BE ENOUGH FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. && .MARINE...SOUTHEAST WINDS AT LESS THAN 10 KNOTS OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION WILL BECOME MORE EAST BY WEDNESDAY AND SEAS WILL REMAIN QUITE LOW FOR GOOD BOATING. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS HERE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 75 90 76 90 / 30 70 40 60 FORT LAUDERDALE 77 89 77 89 / 30 70 40 60 MIAMI 76 90 78 89 / 30 70 40 60 NAPLES 74 90 75 91 / 30 70 40 60 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && LONG TERM...18/GR SHORT TERM/AVIATION...65/GS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1042 AM EDT MON JUL 23 2007 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-240245- 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- 1042 AM EDT MON JUL 23 2007 ...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY... ...SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY... ...WATERSPOUTS POSSIBLE ATLANTIC WATERS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA BY LATE MORNING...AND BY AFTERNOON NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE OVER THE AREA MUCH LIKE ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. A FEW STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE BIGGEST THREAT WILL BE THE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING STRIKES...BUT SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH AND HAIL TO AROUND DIME SIZE. WIND: A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY EVENING. IF THESE STORMS DO DEVELOP WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 55 MPH MAY OCCUR. HAIL: A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY EVENING. IF THESE STORMS DO DEVELOP HAIL TO AROUND DIME SIZE MAY OCCUR. WATERSPOUTS: WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. ONE WATERSPOUT HAS ALREADY BEEN OBSERVED EAST OF FORT LAUDERDALE TODAY. FLOODING: WITH AMPLE MOISTURE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA AND SLOW STORM MOTION EXPECTED PONDING ON POORLY DRAINED ROADWAYS MAY OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH A FEW STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 520 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2007 FLZ073-075-232145- MAINLAND MONROE FL-INLAND MIAMI-DADE FL- 520 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA... AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FORTYMILE BEND TO LOOP ROAD EE CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT... FORTYMILE BEND... AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE UP TO PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. RESIDENTS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 70/DD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 536 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2007 FLZ071-072-232200- INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL-METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL- 536 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS THE AREA... AT 536 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF I-75 AND U.S. 27. THIS STORM WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY EASTWARD AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT... RURAL NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE UP TO PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. RESIDENTS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 70/DD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 600 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2007 FLZ073-075-174-232230- MAINLAND MONROE FL-FAR SOUTH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL-INLAND MIAMI- DADE FL- 600 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS THE AREA... AT 600 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAHOGANY HAMMOCK...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT... MAHOGANY HAMMOCK... AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE UP TO PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. RESIDENTS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 70/DD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 610 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2007 FLZ071-072-172-232245- INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL-METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL- COASTAL BROWARD COUNTY FL- 610 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS THE AREA... AT 610 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SAWGRASS MILLS MALL...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT... SAWGRASS MILLS MALL... SUNRISE... DOWNTOWN-DAVIE... NORTH LAUDERDALE... LAUDERHILL... AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE UP TO DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH... WHICH CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. RESIDENTS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 70/DD
The Miami radar (KAMX), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:35 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Broward County Sheriff's Office reported golf ball size hail along Nob Hill Road between Oakland Park Blvd and NW 33rd Street in Sunrise.
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