A severe thunderstorm developed over the southeast sections of Broward County producing a high wind gust and small hail.
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A severe thunderstorm developed over the southeast sections of Broward County producing a high wind gust and small hail.
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 Aug 15, 2:33 PM EST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 333 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008 .DISCUSSION... AFTERNOON CONVECTION HAS BEEN SLOW TO DEVELOP ALONG SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES THIS AFTERNOON...LIKELY IN RESPONSE TO WEAK LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE SPREADING WESTWARD OVER THE REGION IN ADVANCE OF AN INVERTED MID-LEVEL TROUGH CURRENTLY PASSING ACROSS CUBA. WILL LEAVE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN FOR ALL AREAS FOR REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...AS A FEW CELLS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE MAINLAND. MODELS SUGGEST THAT ANY EVENING SHOWERS/STORMS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING...AS LOWER AND MID-LEVEL RIDGES WILL BECOME ALIGNED OVER THE PENINSULA RESULTING IN FAIR CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS OVERNIGHT. BY SATURDAY...IT APPEARS THAT DEEP LAYER FLOW WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO VEER TO THE NORTHEAST WITH THE REGION BECOMING INCREASINGLY INFLUENCED BY CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL WAVE PROGGED TO BE MOVING NORTHWESTWARD AND IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF SOUTH FLORIDA. IN THIS FLOW REGIME...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE MOST CONCENTRATED ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND GULF COAST PORTIONS OF THE MAINLAND...GIVEN PREVAILING NORTHEAST STEERING FLOW AND ENHANCED CONVERGENCE ALONG THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE. BEYOND SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY MORNING...THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST...AS WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA WILL BE HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY TRACK OF TROPICAL DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS HISPANIOLA. WILL INCREASE CLOUD COVER...DECREASE HIGH TEMPERATURES...AND LEAVE SCATTERED RAIN CHANCES IN THE FORECAST AT THIS POINT...BUT WITH SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY INVOLVED...WILL NOT MAKE ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO WIND AND WAVE GRIDS...AS THEY APPEAR TO BE REASONABLE AT THIS TIME. AFTER INFLUENCES OF THE TROPICAL SYSTEM MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE IS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON BUILDING A SEASONABLY STRONG UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE AREA...AND WILL MAINTAIN A FORECAST OF BOTH POPS/TEMPERATURES NEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL VALUES FOR LATE AUGUST. && .MARINE... SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW FROM 5-10 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTH FLORIDA OVERNIGHT...BEFORE A GRADUAL VEERING TREND TO THE NORTHEAST OCCURS IN ADVANCE OF TROPICAL WAVE FORECAST TO APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHEAST LATE THIS WEEKEND. MARINE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN DETERIORATING ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY...WITH INCREASING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS...HIGHER SEAS...AND INCREASING CHANCES FOR SQUALLS. IN COORDINATION WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES...WILL MAINTAIN SEAS ONLY SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN SCA CRITERIA AT THIS TIME...WITH UPWARD ADJUSTMENTS LIKELY IN FUTURE FORECASTS. && .FIRE WEATHER... THERE ARE NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD... WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON RH VALUES EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 75 91 77 90 / 10 40 20 40 FORT LAUDERDALE 79 92 80 91 / 10 30 20 40 MIAMI 77 92 78 91 / 10 20 20 40 NAPLES 78 90 76 91 / 10 20 20 40 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && LONG TERM...70/DD SHORT TERM/AVIATION...18/GR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1025 AM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-152300- 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- 1025 AM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS, SOME STRONG, LAKE OKEECHOBEE TO THE EAST SECTIONS OF THE AREA... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...WILL AFFECT MAINLY THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE. LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN IMPACTS FROM THE STORMS. WIND: SOME STORMS COULD CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. SHOULD THE STORMS ORGANIZE SUFFICIENTLY, THEY COULD MOVE ACROSS PALM BEACH, BROWARD AND NORTHERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES AND INTO THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS WITH A CONTINUED GUSTY WIND POTENTIAL. MARINERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS, MAINLY ACROSS LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE ATLANTIC WATERS OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST FROM VIRGINIA KEY NORTHWARD. RIP CURRENTS: SOUTHWEST WINDS NEAR 10 KNOTS WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE COLLIER COUNTY BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAIL: THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SMALL SIZED HAIL UP TO PEA SIZED OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. FLOODING: GENERAL STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 5 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON, SO THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF URBAN TYPE FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EACH DAY WITH LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY RISKS FROM THE STORMS. MORE UNSETTLED WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY NEXT WEEK, DEPENDENT ON THE FUTURE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NOW LOCATED NEAR PUERTO RICO. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST UPDATES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS ON THIS POTENTIALLY DEVELOPING TROPICAL SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ESPECIALLY FOR WIND GUSTS ABOVE 35 MPH AND ANY TYPE OF FLOODING. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:57 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm developed over southeast sections of Broward County and passed over the North Perry Airport in the Pembroke Pines/Hollywood area. The storm produced a wind gust of 71 MPH along with small hail half an inch in diameter.
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