A severe thunderstorm moved across the cities of Coral Springs and Plantation causing minor damage.
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A severe thunderstorm moved across the cities of Coral Springs and Plantation causing minor damage.
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 9, 8:44 AM EST, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 944 AM EDT SAT AUG 9 2008 .UPDATE...SHOWERS AND TSTMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE THE GULF COAST PRIMARILY NORTH OF NAPLES AND SPREADING TOWARDS LAKE OKEECHOBEE THIS MORNING SOUTH OF A STRONG AND WELL DEFINED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING SOUTHWARD OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND NORTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA. AS UPPER TROUGH WORKS ITS WAY TOWARDS SOUTH FLORIDA, NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL CONTINUE AFFECTING NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA. SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL ALSO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS TOWARDS MIDDAY AND LINGERING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS THIS AREA CURRENTLY RECEIVING MORE SUN AND THEREFORE BECOME MORE UNSTABLE AS THE DAY WEARS ON. SPC HAS INCLUDED ALL OF THE AREA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE TSTMS, AND BASED ON LEVEL OF INSTABILITY IN THE 12Z MIAMI SOUNDING, A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE DEFINITELY POSSIBLE. GREATEST POTENTIAL APPEARS TO BE OVER EASTERN HALF OF AREA WHERE INSTABILITY WILL BE HIGHEST THIS AFTERNOON, ALTHOUGH WESTERN AREAS CANNOT BE TOTALLY DISCOUNTED. SUITE OF PRODUCTS LOOK GOOD AND HAVE THE ABOVE SITUATION WELL HANDLED. THEREFORE NO MAJOR CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO FORECAST, WITH ONLY A SLIGHT INCREASE IN WINDS OVER GULF WATERS AND SOUTHWEST GULF COASTAL AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. /MOLLEDA && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 723 AM EDT SAT AUG 9 2008/ AVIATION...UNUSUAL DEEP TROUGH OVER THE E U.S. HAS DEEP WESTERLY FLOW OVER S FLA. THIS WILL PREVENT SEA BREEZE DVLPMNT ESPECIALLY E COAST. BUT DIURNAL CONVECTION PSBL ALONG W COAST THIS MORNING THEN INTERIOR AND E COAST AFT 15Z THRU 00Z. VCTS IN TERMINALS AND WILL AMEND IF ANY ONE TERMINAL BECOMES THREATENED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 91 73 90 74 / 70 30 40 20 FORT LAUDERDALE 92 75 90 76 / 60 30 40 20 MIAMI 92 76 90 77 / 60 30 40 20 NAPLES 88 78 89 78 / 60 30 40 20 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && LONG TERM...59/RM SHORT TERM/AVIATION...15/JR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 352 AM EDT SAT AUG 9 2008 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-100415- 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- 352 AM EDT SAT AUG 9 2008 ...A FEW STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE EXPECTED, WITH EVEN AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OR TWO POSSIBLE. FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES, STRONG WINDS, HAIL, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS. WIND: THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. MARINERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS, AS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING FAST TOWARDS THE EAST AT AROUND 20 KNOTS, AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 KNOTS. HAIL: THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO AROUND PENNY SIZE THIS AFTERNOON. FLOODING: ALTHOUGH STORMS WILL MOVE QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WHERE STORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA, LOCALIZED URBAN FLOODING OR FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. RIP CURRENTS: WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE COLLIER COUNTY BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON WITH LIGHTNING STRIKES BEING THE PRIMARY RISK FROM THE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR HIGHER, ANY HAIL, AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI. DG
The Miami radar (KAMX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:36 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm moved across portions of metropolitan Broward County causing damage in Coral Springs by tipping a gas station sign and a lamp post.
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