Strong thunderstorms moving south across Miami-Dade County produced a lightning strike which injured 3 people in Coral Gables.
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Strong thunderstorms moving south across Miami-Dade County produced a lightning strike which injured 3 people in Coral Gables.
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 4, 2:03 PM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 303 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2007 .DISCUSSION...LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES EAST OF JAX IS FORECAST TO MEANDER IN THAT AREA BEFORE EVENTUALLY BEING PICKED UP BY A TROUGH THIS WEEKEND. MOISTURE WILL REMAIN RATHER HIGH ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BUT THEN IS FORECAST TO STEADILY DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA THU-SAT AS DRIER AIR GETS PUSHED SOUTHWARD ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW. THUS...NEAR CLIMO POPS ARE FORECAST THROUGH WED WITH BELOW CLIMO POPS THU-SAT. A LAND BREEZE WILL SET UP OVERNIGHT AND AS THE NORTHEAST FLOW BEGINS TO KICK IN TOMORROW MORNING...THERE COULD BE SOME CONVERGENCE ALONG THE EAST COAST WED MORNING...BEFORE CONVECTION TRANSITIONS TOWARDS THE GULF COAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. BEST CONVERGENCE WILL BE ACROSS THE GULF COAST/NAPLES AREA WHERE RAINFALL IS MUCH NEEDED. TRENDED POPS FROM 30 EAST TO 50 WEST FOR TOMORROW. AGAIN...THE PERIOD THU-SAT LOOKS DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR THE AREA WITH MOSTLY ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA EXPECTED...FAVORING THE GULF COAST THOUGH EVEN THERE POPS ARE RATHER LOW. MADE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED FCST. RIDGE WILL ANCHOR ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA...WITH A PREDOMINANT EASTERLY FLOW EXPECTED LOCALLY. THIS WILL FAVOR MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON SHRA/TSRA STORMS EAST AND AFTERNOON/EVENING STORMS ALONG THE GULF COAST. && .AVIATION...EAST COAST SEA BREEZE HAS PUSHED INLAND AND IS NOW NEAR OR THROUGH ALL EAST COAST TERMINALS. SCT THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE BOUNDARY AS IT STALLS ACROSS THE WESTERN METRO AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE SLOWLY SSE BACK TOWARDS THE TERMINALS AND REMAIN IN THE VICINITY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THEN A LAND BREEZE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH LIGHT NNW FLOW...AND PERHAPS A FEW CONVERGENCE SHOWERS LATE ROLLING ONSHORE NEAR THE TERMINALS. AT KAPF...SEA BREEZE HAS PUSHED INLAND SLOWLY AND EXPECT ISOLD THUNDERSTORMS JUST INLAND OF THE TERMINAL THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE DISSIPATING WITH FLOW OFF THE LAND DEVELOPING AFTER SUNSET. && .MARINE...CHALLENGE WITH THE MARINE FCST IS IN THE DEVELOPING LOW SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES EAST OF JAX. HOW MUCH SWELL MAKES IT INTO THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS WILL GREATLY DEPEND ON THE LOWS DEVELOPMENT AND MOVEMENT AND THE EVENTUAL ORIENTATION OF THE FETCH. HAVE INCREASED SWELL HEIGHTS BY SEVERAL FEET...TRENDING IN THE DIRECTION OF GFS/WAVEWATCH AND TO MESH WITH MLB...BUT NOT AS HIGH AS WAVEWATCH SINCE THERE IS MUCH UNCERTAINTY IN THE FCST. SWELL WILL INCREASE THURSDAY...AND PEAK FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. ASIDE FROM THE SWELL...WINDS WILL BE FAIRLY LIGHT ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 76 89 78 89 / 30 30 20 20 FORT LAUDERDALE 76 90 78 90 / 30 30 20 20 MIAMI 77 91 78 90 / 30 30 20 20 NAPLES 74 91 75 92 / 20 50 30 30 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION/MARINE/FIRE WEATHER...57/DG AVIATION...65/GS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1037 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2007 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-050245- 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- 1037 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2007 ...MODERATE RISK OF LIGHTNING INTERIOR AND EAST COAST TODAY... ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE SOUTHEAST. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BUT MAINLY IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF SOUTH FLORIDA AFFECTING MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD COUNTIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 403 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2007 FLZ067-068-168-042100- INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL- COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FL- 403 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2007 ...FUNNEL CLOUDS OBSERVED OVER CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY... AT 400 PM EDT...PALM BEACH COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. ONE WAS REPORTED NEAR PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND ANOTHER IN THE VICINITY OF LION COUNTRY SAFARI. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING ALONG THE SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY AND ADDITIONAL FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS COUNTY WIDE SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 60/59
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 434 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2007 FLZ070-042130- INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL- 434 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS THE AREA... AT 432 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A THUNDERSTORM WAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEST TOLL GATE ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT... PICAYUNE STRAND STATE FOREST... SOUTH BLOCKS GOLDEN GATE... ROYAL PALM HAMMOCK... AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND PEA SIZED HAIL. LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS OFFER NO PROTECTION. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. 60
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 446 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2007 FLZ074-173-042145- METROPOLITAN MIAMI DADE FL-COASTAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL- 446 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS THE AREA... AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A THUNDERSTORM WAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NEAR MIAMI GARDENS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT... IVES ESTATES... NORTH MIAMI BEACH... BAL HARBOUR... SAINT THOMAS UNIVERSITY... FIU NORTH CAMPUS... NORTH MIAMI... AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS OFFER NO PROTECTION. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. 60
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 454 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2007 FLZ067-068-168-042200- INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL- COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FL- 454 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA... AT 453 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GREENACRES CITY TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT... LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE... BOCA RATON EQUESTRIAN CENTER... BOYNTON BEACH... HYPOLUXO... BOCA WEST... DELRAY BEACH... AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...PEA-SIZED HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...OR A COMBINATION OF THESE ARE POSSIBLE. FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE ALSO 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. RESIDENTS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 60
The Miami radar (KAMX), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:27 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Three roofers working atop a home in Coral Gables were struck by lightning. The three men were knocked unconscious by the lightning bolt, but regained consciousness by the time they were transported to the hospital.
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