Lightning from afternoon thunderstorms struck a man in Miami Lakes on July 8th. The man died 5 days later.
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Lightning from afternoon thunderstorms struck a man in Miami Lakes on July 8th. The man died 5 days later.
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 8, 9:58 AM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1058 AM EDT SUN JUL 8 2007 .UPDATE...LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY...RADAR...AND SURFACE OBS SHOW A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH/CONFLUENCE BAND SITUATED FROM NORTH OF THE BAHAMAS TO SOUTH OF NAPLES WITH LIGHT SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS SOUTH OF IT AND LIGHT SOUTHWEST FLOW NORTH OF IT. ALSO...A WEAK CONVERGENCE/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WAS PUSHING ONSHORE FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY TO NEAR MIAMI WITH SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS BEHIND IT. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM GULF CONVECTION THIS MORNING HAS ALSO PUSHED ALL THE WAY INTO WESTERN PARTS OF PALM BEACH/BROWARD/MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES AND NORTHERN HENDRY COUNTY. ALL OF THE ABOVE IMPLIES THERE WILL BE NUMEROUS AREAS OF LOCAL CONVERGENCE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON...AND THIS COMBINED WITH PWATS STILL CLOSE TO 2 INCHES AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE HAS ALREADY LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS IN MANY LOCATIONS LATE THIS MORNING. AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SEEMS A GOOD BET ESPECIALLY ACROSS INTERIOR AND NORTHERN LOCATIONS BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS ALL OF THE AFOREMENTIONED BOUNDARIES COLLIDE AND INCREASE CONVERGENCE. STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCERS ONCE AGAIN BUT WITH ALL OF THE BOUNDARIES IN PLAY ID EXPECT AT LEAST A SLIGHT T0 5 MPH STORM MOTION MOSTLY TO THE NORTH OR NORTHEAST AND THIS WILL HOPEFULLY BE ENOUGH TO MITIGATE ANY SERIOUS URBAN FLOODING. CURRENT FORECAST HAS THIS HANDLED WELL AND I DID NOT MAKE MANY CHANGES. ON THE WEST COAST...FLOW IS SOMEWHAT DISTURBED THIS MORNING DUE TO GULF CONVECTION AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT HAS PUSHED INLAND...HOWEVER ENOUGH HEATING IS OCCURRING TO ALLOW FOR A GOOD SEA BREEZE TO DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND PUSH INLAND...ALLOWING FOR ADDITIONAL CONVECTION TO DEVELOP BUT THIS SHOULD OCCUR EAST OF THE NAPLES AREA. .AVIATION...MAINLY VFR CONDS EXPECTED ALL TERMINALS EXCEPT FOR A CHANCE OF MVFR CONDITIONS OVER THE EAST COAST TERMINALS THROUGH ABOUT NOONTIME AS AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVES IN FROM THE ATLANTIC. EXPECT WEST COAST SEABREEZE TO DEVELOP EARLY AFTERNOON AND DEVELOP ACTIVITY INLAND. SO FOR THE AFTERNOON, MOST ACTIVITY WILL STAY INLAND AND AROUND THE LAKE WITH MEAN SOUTHERLY FLOW. UPDATE: STRASSBERG AVIATION: GR && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 429 AM EDT SUN JUL 8 2007/ DISCUSSION... THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION ABOUT DRIER AIR ENTERING INTO THE VICINITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY. LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES A DRYING TREND IN BOTH THE LOW LEVELS AND UPPER LEVELS. IN THE LATEST GUIDANCE SUITE HOWEVER THERE IS SOME DISPARITY IN WHEN THE DRYING TREND WILL COMMENCE...WITH THE NAM INDICATING LINGERING MOISTURE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THE GFS INDICATING THIS AFTERNOON. THE RESULTANT FORECAST FOR TODAY IS A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE TWO SCENARIOS. WITH LINGERING MOISTURE AND THE GUIDANCE INDICATING UNSTABLE CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...THE FORECAST IS FOR SCATTERED SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW FAVORING THE WESTERN INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. THE MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO INDICATE BOTH A LOW LEVEL AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA BY EARLY MONDAY. THE LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY CLEARLY INDICATES THAT THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS CENTERED OVER THE EASTERN GULF AND IS DRIFTING EASTWARD...WHICH SHOULD HELP SOME IN INHIBITING MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION TODAY BUT WILL HAVE MORE INFLUENCE BY MONDAY. THE LONGER TERM GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT BOTH THE LOW LEVEL AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGES WILL BE ENTRENCHED OVER THE REGION THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY...WITH ONLY MORE NORMAL TYPE AFTERNOON SCATTERED SHOWER TYPE ACTIVITY EXPECTED THROUGH THIS PERIOD. AVIATION... VFR CONDS EXPECTED ALL TERMINALS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SCT TSTMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER INLAND AREAS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON, HOWEVER A MAINLY SOUTHEASTERLY STEERING FLOW WILL KEEP THEM AWAY FROM EASTERN TERMINALS SO WILL ONLY INDICATE VCTS FOR ALL ERN TERMINALS WITH VFR CONDS PREVAILING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON STORMS COULD GET CLOSER TO KAPF DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS, HOWEVER, WEST COAST SEA BREEZE MAY PENETRATE FAR ENOUGH TO KEEP THE STORMS EAST OF THE TERMINAL. MARINE... FAIRLY TRANQUIL MARINE CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY...THEN AS THE SURFACE RIDGE BUILDS OVER WESTERN ATLANTIC AND OVER FLORIDA PENINSULA BY TUESDAY THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL INCREASE AND WINDS IN THE 10 TO 15 KNOT RANGE ARE FORECAST OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS BY TUESDAY AND THE SEAS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 4 FEET MAINLY OVER THE OFF SHORE WATERS. FIRE WEATHER... NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 87 78 90 81 / 30 20 20 20 FORT LAUDERDALE 87 80 89 80 / 30 20 20 20 MIAMI 90 79 91 78 / 30 20 20 20 NAPLES 92 75 91 76 / 30 20 30 20 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && LONG TERM...65/GS SHORT TERM/AVIATION...47/RHG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 505 AM EDT SUN JUL 8 2007 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-082100- 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- 500 AM EDT SUN JUL 8 2007 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS INTERIOR, LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND WEST COAST OF SOUTH FLORIDA. FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE...DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. TEMPERATURES: AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 90S OVER THE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA ALONG WITH HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT IN THE LOWER PORTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES OF AROUND 105 DEGREES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS WILL LEAD TO AN EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW PATTERN ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA NEXT WEEK...RESULTING IN AN INCREASING RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES. THE EASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL ALSO RESULT IN THUNDERSTORMS FAVORING INTERIOR AND GULF COASTAL LOCATIONS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:28 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 40-year-old man was struck by lightning while walking door to door along NW 199th Street in Miami Lakes. The man was taken to the Ryder Trauma Center where he died 5 days later.
Light rain was falling at the time of the lightning strike, although there were no dark clouds directly overhead.
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, Miami-Dade | 2007-07-13 | 40 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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