A waterspout moved onshore and briefly affected the South Beach area.
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A waterspout moved onshore and briefly affected the South Beach area.
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 Jun 18, 3:00 AM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 400 AM EDT MON JUN 18 2007 .SYNOPSIS...A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY AND ON TUESDAY. && .DISCUSSION...THE GFS HAS NOW CONVERTED TO THE WET SIDE WITH AN INCREASE IN POPS THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK... AT LEAST COMPARED TO YESTERDAYS RUNS. THIS MORE MOIST TURN OF EVENTS SEEMS PLAUSIBLE WITH THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE LEFT ACROSS THE AREA COMPARED TO WHAT WAS FORECAST. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL ALLOW A LIGHT WIND REGIME TODAY WHICH WILL IN TURN LEAD TO SEA BREEZE DEVELOPMENT. STORM MOTION TODAY IS EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND DUE TO ACTIVE SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES, A MOIST AIRMASS, AND UNCAPPED FORECAST SOUNDINGS DURING MAX HEATING, ALL OF THE EAST COAST METROS AND MOST OF THE INTERIOR CAN EXPECT NUMEROUS AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THIS SITUATION WILL LIKELY REPEAT ITSELF ON TUESDAY, BUT STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MORE CONCENTRATED OVER THE SOUTH HALF OF THE AREA WITH A MORE SOUTH BOUND STORM MOTION. BY WEDNESDAY THE WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO GIVE WAY TO AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN FLORIDA. AT THIS TIME THE SURFACE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NORTH OF SOUTH FLORIDA, BUT WITH AMPLE MOISTURE STREAMING NORTH AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW AND SEVERAL SHORT WAVES ROUNDING THE BASE OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ACROSS THE REGION SCATTERED STORMS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA. IF THE GFS CONTINUES TO SHOW THIS SCENARIO, POPS MAY NEED TO BE BUMPED TO LIKELY, BUT NEED TO SEE MORE CONSISTENCY ON THE MODELS PART SINCE SUNDAYS 0Z RUN WASNT NEAR AS WET. THE WET FORECAST IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND WITH THE UPPER TROUGH REMAINING ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH FRIDAY AND POSSIBLY MORE TROPICAL MOISTURE WORKING IN BY SATURDAY. && .AVIATION...VFR ALL TERMINALS THOUGH RANDOM SHRA E GULFMEX MAY BRING TEMPORARY VCSH KAPF. VFR THROUGH 16Z ALL TERMINALS THEN AFTERNOON CONVECTION DEVELOPS. WEAK STEERING WINDS ALLOW VCTS ALL TERMINALS THEN A CONCENTRATION OF TSRA TOWARD THE SE COAST AS WHAT STEERING THERE IS SENDS TSRA TOWARD KFLL...KFXE...KOPF...KMIA AND KTMB PRIMARILY. && .MARINE...A RELATIVELY LIGHT WIND REGIME IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS WILL WILL KEEP WINDS LESS THAN 15 KNOTS AND WAVES AT 4 FEET OR LESS, HOWEVER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY AND WINDS AND SEAS MAY BE HIGHER IN AND NEAR STORMS. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO PROBLEMS OR CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 86 75 87 75 / 60 30 50 30 FORT LAUDERDALE 87 78 86 77 / 60 30 60 30 MIAMI 88 75 87 75 / 60 30 60 30 NAPLES 89 74 90 73 / 40 20 50 30 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && LONG TERM...04/TINGLER SHORT TERM/AVIATION...15/JR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 427 AM EDT MON JUN 18 2007 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-182030- 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- 421 AM EDT MON JUN 18 2007 ...THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL... ...SOME THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLY STRONG SOUTHEAST... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EXTEND INTO EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN IMPACT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. HAIL: SMALL HAIL, DIME-SIZED OR SMALLER, WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING: LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADWAYS AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY HAIL OR RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES OR MORE. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI. $$
The Miami radar (KAMX), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:18 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A waterspout moved onshore and briefly affected the South Beach area. The tornado affected Lummus Park near 10th Street and Ocean Drive, blowing around a few chairs at sidewalk cafes before quickly dissipating.
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