A severe thunderstorm initiated along the sea breeze front moved west across the Naples Airport, producing damage to aircraft.
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A severe thunderstorm initiated along the sea breeze front moved west across the Naples Airport, producing damage to aircraft.
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 Sep 17, 2:14 PM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 314 PM EDT MON SEP 17 2007 .DISCUSSION... A SIGNIFICANT AMPLIFICATION OF THE MID TO UPPER TROPOSPHERIC FLOW ACROSS THE CONUS IS ALREADY UNDERWAY THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AS UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO CUT OFF ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WHILE AN UPPER RIDGE EXPANDS NORTHWARD FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA...SURFACE RIDGING IN THE LEE OF THE APPALACHIANS HAS ALLOWED AN EAST TO NORTHEAST FLOW REGIME TO BECOME ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP WITHIN ZONE OF ENHANCED LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST AND MOVING QUICKLY SOUTHWESTWARD TOWARD THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST. WILL MAINTAIN HIGHEST EVENING POPS ACROSS THE WESTERN PENINSULA GIVEN REASONING ABOVE...AND HIGHEST NOCTURNAL POPS ACROSS THE IMMEDIATE ATLANTIC COAST TO COVER ACTIVITY DEVELOPING OVER THE GULF STREAM AND MOVING INLAND OVERNIGHT. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM...MODEL SOLUTIONS FROM THE NAM/WRF/SREF ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THE GLOBAL MODELS IN DEPICTING A SLOW SOUTHWESTWARD RETROGRESSION OF THE EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA CUT OFF UPPER LOW THROUGH THE NEXT 24-48 HOURS. MEANWHILE... AT THE SURFACE MODELS ARE ALSO IMPLYING THAT WEAK CYCLOGENESIS WILL BE UNDERWAY TO THE EAST OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE NORTHERN END OF A CARIBBEAN SEA TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHES THE REGION WHILE HEIGHTS FALL ALOFT. THE COMBINATION OF MORE SLIGHTLY FAVORABLE MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES ALOFT AND ENHANCED FORCING THROUGH THE LOWER TO MID TROPOSPHERE SHOULD RESULT IN AN EVEN GREATER COVERAGE OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ON BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. IT STILL APPEARS THAT MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE DIURNALLY DRIVEN...WITH MODELS DEPICTING SUFFICIENT DECOUPLING AT NIGHT TO PREVENT A WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF NOCTURNAL SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER LAND. GIVEN THE POCKET OF COOLER MID-LEVEL AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW...THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN IN RECENT DAYS...AND WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY ON BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS. IN THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST...THERE IS STILL MUCH UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW RAPIDLY THE UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE FEATURE WILL MOVE WESTWARD ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO. SOLUTIONS FROM THE GFS/UKMET/ECMWF ALL INDICATE A POWERFUL CUT OFF UPPER LOW DROPPING SOUTHWARD ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST LATE IN THE WEEK...WHICH WOULD ULTIMATELY RESULT IN STRONGER DOWNSTREAM RIDGING OVER THE CENTRAL STATES AND FAVOR A SLOWER RETROGRESSION OF THE UPPER LOW... AS SUGGESTED BY THE NAM GUIDANCE. IN ANY EVENT...IT APPEARS THAT AN EASTERLY FLOW REGIME WILL GRADUALLY BECOME REESTABLISHED BY THE END OF THE WEEK...AS THE GULF OF MEXICO FEATURE SLOWLY MOVES OUT OF THE PICTURE AND AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVERHEAD. WILL MAKE NO CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST AT THIS TIME...WITH SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION... FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON, MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AS EAST COAST SEA BREEZE PUSHES WELL INLAND. THEREFORE, CONVECTION FIRING ALONG THIS BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN WELL WEST OF THE EAST COAST TERMINALS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF KPBI AND KTMB WHERE CONVECTION MAY BE WITHIN 10 NM OF THE TAF SITES UNTIL AROUND 20Z. QUESTION WILL BE IF WEST COAST SEA BREEZE CAN SET UP BUT LOOKING AT RADAR IMAGERY DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THIS WILL HAPPEN WITH INTERIOR CONVECTION MOVING OFF THE WEST COAST SO VCTS REMARK LOOKS TO BE A GOOD BET FOR KAPF UNTIL AROUND 00Z. CONVECTION WILL AGAIN GET STARTED ON TUESDAY AFT 14Z. && .MARINE... NO IMMEDIATE CONCERNS...WITH EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE 5-10 KNOT RANGE AND SEAS GENERALLY RUNNING IN THE 2-3 FOOT RANGE. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS A WEAK SURFACE LOW APPROACHES SOUTH FLORIDA FROM THE EAST...AND THIS MAY ALLOW GULF STREAM SEAS TO BUILD TO 3-4 FEET...BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. && .FIRE WEATHER... NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS...WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE 50-60 PERCENT RANGE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 78 88 75 87 / 40 60 40 60 FORT LAUDERDALE 80 90 77 89 / 40 60 40 60 MIAMI 78 90 76 89 / 40 60 40 60 NAPLES 76 93 75 92 / 40 50 40 50 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && LONG TERM...70/DD SHORT TERM/AVIATION...30/KOB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1032 AM EDT MON SEP 17 2007 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-180230- 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- 1029 AM EDT MON SEP 17 2007 ...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS TODAY. THE STORMS WILL BE MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE INTERIOR AND WESTERN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING STRIKES, LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS LEADING TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. WIND: WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS OVER INTERIOR AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD. LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN IMPACTS FROM THE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 526 PM EDT MON SEP 17 2007 FLZ069-070-172200- COASTAL COLLIER COUNTY FL-INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL- 526 PM EDT MON SEP 17 2007 ...THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA... AT 524 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A THUNDERSTORM WAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 6 MILES EAST OF WEST TOLL GATE ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT... SOUTH BLOCKS GOLDEN GATE... WEST TOLL GATE ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY... GOLDEN GATE... AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. 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. LAT...LON 2597 8165 2620 8173 2626 8149 2601 8139 TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 066DEG 16KT 2613 8156 GREGORIA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 551 PM EDT MON SEP 17 2007 FLZ069-070-172215- COASTAL COLLIER COUNTY FL-INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL- 551 PM EDT MON SEP 17 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA... AT 549 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GOLDEN GATE TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROYAL PALM HAMMOCK...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST TOLL GATE ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING TOWARDS THE NORTH...AND WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE COAST. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT... GOLDEN GATE... NORTH NAPLES... NAPLES... VANDERBILT BEACH... PELICAN BAY... GOODLAND... AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. 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. ALSO...THESE STORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES. LAT...LON 2629 8186 2631 8169 2593 8142 2582 8172 TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 062DEG 11KT 2619 8173 2593 8153 GREGORIA
The Miami radar (KAMX), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:58 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Peak wind gust of 62 mph reported by Naples ASOS (KAPF). An observer at Naples Airport reported that 3 small planes were flipped over and a hangar door was blown off.
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