Thunderstorms in the Naples area on July 27th caused lightning which damaged a home in Naples.
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Thunderstorms in the Naples area on July 27th caused lightning which damaged a home in Naples.
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 27, 1:35 PM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 235 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007 .SYNOPSIS...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING AT THE SURFACE OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA. && .DISCUSSION...THE ABOVE MENTIONED HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL MOVE SOUTH OF FLORIDA BY SUNDAY AS SHORT WAVES CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AND MAINTAIN THE LONG WAVE PATTERN OVER THE EASTERN U.S. IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE SURFACE RIDGE TO MAKE ITS WAY BACK NORTH. FCSTD SOUNDINGS SHOW PWATS AT OR ABOVE 2 INCHES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AND THEN A DRIER PATTERN AFTER THAT WITH PWATS BETWEEN 1.7 TO 1.9. STEERING FLOW WILL BE SLOW TO THE SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST THROUGH SATURDAY AND THEN WITH THE LOW AND MID LEVEL RIDGE TO THE SOUTH, MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS. POPS WILL CONTINUE QUITE HIGH IN THE LIKELY CATEGORY THROUGH SUNDAY MOST AREAS AND THEN A GOOD CHC (50%) FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH MORE OF A FOCUS TOWARD THE EAST COAST. BY WEDNESDAY, POPS SHOULD BE MORE LIKE NORMAL. WITH A WEAK FLOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF MORNING WATERSPOUTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. CANT RULE OUT GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL EITHER. && .AVIATION... ATLANTIC COAST SEA BREEZE CONTINUES TO SURGE INLAND THIS AFTERNOON...BEING REINFORCED BY RAIN-COOLED OUTFLOW AIR FROM EARLIER CONVECTION. MEANWHILE...THE GULF COAST SEA BREEZE HAS REMAINED WITHIN 5 MILES OF THE SHORE SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THIS IN MIND...WILL MAINTAIN PREVAILING VFR CONDITIONS AND REMOVE MENTION OF PRECIPITATION FROM FORECAST FOR KMIA/KOPF/KFLL/KFXE. BASED ON LATEST RADAR TRENDS...WILL MAINTAIN VCTS/CB AND TEMPO GROUP THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON FOR KTMB/KPBI/KAPF. OTHERWISE...EXPECT LOW-LEVEL EAST-NORTHEASTERLY FLOW REGIME TO BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF NOCTURNAL SHOWERS INLAND ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OVERNIGHT. CONVECTION SHOULD BEGIN TO DEVELOP ALONG INLAND ADVANCING SEA BREEZES ONCE AGAIN BY MID-MORNING SATURDAY...AND HAVE INTRODUCED VCTS/CB FOR ALL SITES FROM 14-18Z. && .MARINE...WINDS WILL BE 10 KNOTS OR LESS THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS. THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS MONDAY AND MOST AREAS WILL SEE WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS WITH SEAS UP TO 3 FEET IN THE ATLANTIC. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS HERE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 76 90 75 90 / 30 60 30 60 FORT LAUDERDALE 78 90 76 89 / 30 50 30 60 MIAMI 77 91 76 90 / 30 60 30 60 NAPLES 76 91 75 90 / 30 50 30 50 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && LONG TERM...18/GR SHORT TERM/AVIATION...70/DD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1030 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-280230- 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- 1030 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007 ...WATERSPOUTS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS... ...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... ...SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND BECOME SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS BY MID AFTERNOON. THE MAIN AREA IMPACTED IS EXPECTED TO BE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND ALONG THE EAST COAST. THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL, BUT DUE TO THE UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE THERE IS STILL A CHANCE THAT A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY DEVELOP AND PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 TO 50 MPH. WATERSPOUTS: THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OFF THE SOUTHEAST ATLANTIC COAST THIS MORNING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WATERSPOUTS. WIND: THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. FLOODING: DUE TO THE AMPLE MOISTURE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY AND THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS, LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL PRODUCE PONDING ON ROADWAYS IN ANY POORLY DRAINED AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE BIGGEST THREAT WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY HIGH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. 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 717 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007 FLZ069-070-280000- COASTAL COLLIER COUNTY FL-INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL- 717 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA... AT 715 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BIG CORKSCREW ISLAND TO 9 MILES WEST OF BONITA SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT... QUAIL CREEK ESTATES... ORANGE TREE... GOLDEN GATE ESTATES... NORTH NAPLES... GOLDEN GATE... AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES THROUGH 8 PM. FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...PEA-SIZED HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...OR A COMBINATION OF THESE ARE POSSIBLE. LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS OFFER NO PROTECTION. WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. 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. GARCIA
The Miami radar (KAMX), 155 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:55 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a house in Naples at 5220 Seahorse Drive. The roof was badly damaged, as well as a room in the back of the house.
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