Lightning from thunderstorms during the afternoon of June 30th struck two people in Pompano Beach.
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Lightning from thunderstorms during the afternoon of June 30th struck two people in Pompano Beach.
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 30, 2:11 PM EST, 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 311 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2007 .DISCUSSION...CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING ACROSS PORTIONS OF INTERIOR AND EAST COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE AREA...AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MOST CONCENTRATED ACROSS THE LAKE REGION TO PALM BEACH COUNTY AS THIS IS WHERE THE SURFACE TROUGH IS CURRENTLY LOCATED. THE GULF COAST SEA BREEZE IS INLAND...SO REDUCED POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE GREATER NAPLES AREA. AFTER CONVECTION ENDS THIS EVENING...A RATHER TRANQUIL NIGHT IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. THE AREA WILL BE PREDOMINATELY DRY OVERNIGHT...WITH JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS ALONG THE GULF COAST DUE TO THE PREVAILING SW LIGHT FLOW. MOST ACTIVITY SHOULD STAY OUT OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO...BUT CANNOT DISCOUNT A FEW SHOWERS MOVING INLAND TO AFFECT THE GULF COAST...ESPECIALLY TOWARDS DAWN. GFS NOW SHOWS THE LOW LEVEL TROUGH REMAINING IN PLACE ACROSS THE LAKE REGION OR INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A CONTINUED MEAN SW WIND FLOW ACROSS MAINLAND SOUTH FL. THIS PATTERN FAVORS LOWEST SHRA/TSRA CHANCES ALONG THE GULF COAST AND HIGHER CHANCES ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST. A MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NW ON SUNDAY AND MOVE TO NEAR OUR GULF COASTAL WATERS ON MONDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO BETTER UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AND SLIGHT MID LEVEL COOLING...LEADING TO A MORE FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR MORE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. REASONING IN THE EXTENDED FCST HAS REALLY NOT CHANGED. BROAD TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN STATES WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE ATLANTIC RIDGE SOUTH OF THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY...CONTINUING TO FAVOR CONVECTION INTERIOR/EAST COAST. THE RIDGE MAY BEGIN TO NUDGE NORTH INTO THE AREA LATE NEXT WEEK. MADE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE LONG TERM FCST. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDS WILL CONTINUE OVER KAPF THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH ONLY ISOLD SHRA OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING HOURS. SCT SHRA/TSRA ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN INLAND AREAS AND MOVE EAST OVER ERN TERMINALS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WILL INDICATE TEMPO OVER ALL ERN TERMINALS THROUGH 20Z BUT TSTMS MAY LINGER LONGER OVER THE AREA. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING HOURS. && .MARINE...PREVAILING WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE OUT OF THE SW NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH SPEEDS GENERALLY 10 KT OR LESS. WINDS/SEAS WILL REMAIN LOW THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 76 90 74 89 / 40 60 30 60 FORT LAUDERDALE 76 90 76 89 / 40 60 30 60 MIAMI 76 90 76 90 / 40 60 30 60 NAPLES 77 88 77 90 / 20 40 20 50 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION/MARINE/FIRE WEATHER...57/DG AVIATION...47/RHG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 605 AM EDT SAT JUN 30 2007 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-302215- 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- 605 AM EDT SAT JUN 30 2007 ...THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY INTERIOR AREAS TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH COMBINED WITH A LOW TIDE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY...WITH THE HIGHEST PROBABILITIES ACROSS THE INTERIOR PORTION OF THE PENINSULA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGHOUT THE UPCOMING WEEK...WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOST NUMEROUS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. AT THIS TIME... LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL APPEAR TO BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. HOWEVER...AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING THE REGION BY THE END OF THE WEEK MAY ALLOW FOR A FEW STRONGER STORMS TO DEVELOP ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH SUNDAY 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 250 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2007 FLZ067-068-168-301945- INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL- COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FL- 250 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2007 AT 248 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NEAR DELRAY BEACH...BOYNTON BEACH AND LAKE WORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...PEA-SIZED HAIL... AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED IF THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY STRENGTHENS. BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUDS COULD ALSO DEVELOP WITH THIS ACTIVITY. GARCIA
The Miami radar (KAMX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:31 UTC.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A woman and her toddler-aged daughter were struck by lightning while waiting for a bus. The woman felt electricity in her hands. Both people were able to make it inside of a Wendy's Restaurant and call for help. Paramedics treated the two at the restaurant and convinced them to go to the hospital to be looked at.
Lightning struck a tree, causing a portion of the tree to break off and fall on a house in the 500 block of NW 30th Avenue, just west of the Fort Lauderdale city limits. The impact caused a 50-foot section of ceiling to collapse onto a 2-year-old boy living in the house. The boy suffered cuts and received stitches.
Water also poured into the house from the hole caused by the impact of the tree.
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