A low pressure trough moving through South Florida and a sea breeze boundary produced strong thunderstorms over Palm Beach County.
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A low pressure trough moving through South Florida and a sea breeze boundary produced strong thunderstorms over Palm Beach County.
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 Jan 23, 3:04 PM EST, 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 304 PM EST WED JAN 23 2008 .DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED AND AFFECTED INTERIOR/EAST COAST SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. LATEST TRENDS SUGGEST THAT THE FOCUS OF ACTIVITY WILL BE FROM THE LAKE TO PALM BEACH COUNTY....SO ORIENTED THE GREATEST POPS THROUGH 00Z ACROSS THIS AREA. THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE NEAR DARK WITH DRY WEATHER OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN CONCERN OVERNIGHT IS FOG POTENTIAL. BOTH GFS AND NAM SHOW FOG DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA...THOUGH NOT DENSE. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW A FAVORABLE PROFILE FOR FOG FORMATION...WITH DRYING IN THE MID LEVELS ALONG WITH A SMALL INVERSION. THERE IS A PRE- FRONTAL TROUGH MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL FL NOW WITH A STATUS/LOW CLOUD DECK JUST BEHIND THIS FEATURE. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN THE COAST...BUT DIFFICULT TO SAY WHETHER THE STRATUS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA. FOR NOW THE THINKING IS THAT LOW CLOUDINESS WILL MOVE INTO THE GULF COASTAL/NAPLES AREA...BUT LIKELY WILL NOT MAKE IT MUCH FURTHER SOUTH. HOW MUCH CLEARING TAKES PLACE OVERNIGHT WILL DETERMINE THE AREAL EXTENT OF THE FOG AND HOW LOW THE VIS GETS. FOR NOW OPTED TO GO WITH AREAS OF FOG EXCEPT PATCHY EAST COAST METRO AREAS. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF DENSE FOG OVERNIGHT...BUT DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY IN HOW MUCH CLOUD COVER WILL BE PRESENT...DECIDED TO LEAVE THIS MENTION OUT OF THE FCST FOR NOW. HOWEVER...WILL MENTION THE POTENTIAL IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. THE FRONT IS STILL FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY EVENING. DRY AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW SO THIS WILL LIMIT RAIN CHANCES TOMORROW...DESPITE BEING AHEAD OF THE FRONT ALONG WITH WARM/HUMID CONDITIONS. SO WILL CONTINUE WITH JUST 20 POPS ACROSS THE BOARD FOR THURSDAY AND EAST COAST THU NIGHT. FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND CONTINUES TO LOOK MOSTLY DRY. THE HIGH BEHIND THE FRONT MOVES EAST SO THE WINDS TURN QUICKLY AROUND TO NE THEN E. LATEST GFS SHOWS A REINFORCING FRONT SUNDAY...BUT DID NOT MAKE CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED FCST AT THIS TIME...SO WE CAN SEE IF MODEL TRENDS ZONE IN ON THIS. STILL...EITHER WAY RAIN CHANCES LOOK LOW...JUST A LITTLE COOLER IF WE GET THIS REINFORCING FRONT. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE INTERIOR AND EAST COAST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. THESE SHOWERS ALONG WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND PUSH EAST THROUGH REST OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SO WILL KEEP VCTS IN ALL OF THE EAST COAST TAF SITES FOR THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH A TEMPO GROUP FOR RAIN AND REDUCE VIS INTO THE MVFR CONDITION. THE STORMS SHOULD COME TO AN END AROUND 23Z ALONG THE EAST COAST TAF SITES BUT THERE COULD STILL BE SOME SHOWERS AROUND UNTIL 2Z. SO WILL HAVE VCSH IN THE EAST COAST TAF SITES FROM 23Z UNTIL 2Z TONIGHT. FOR THE KAPF SITE...THE WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL KEEP A BKN DECK AROUND 1500 FEET ALONG WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS. SO WILL KEEP THE VIS IN A MVFR CONDITION ALONG WITH VCSH. THE WINDS SHOULD BECOME NORTHEAST AND LIGHT TONIGHT ALLOWING FOR THE SKIES TO CLEAR. SO WILL BRING THE VIS BACK UP TO VFR CONDITION AFTER 23Z TONIGHT. THE SKIES SHOULD BECOME CLEAR TONIGHT OVER ALL OF THE TAF SITES. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR FOG FORMATION OVER THE WEST COAST AND THE INTERIOR AREAS. SOME OF THIS FOG COULD EVEN WORK INTO THE EAST COAST TAF SITES TOWARDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SO WILL PUT A TEMPO GROUP IN FOR ALL OF THE TAF SITES TO REDUCE THE VIS DOWN INTO THE MVRF CONDITIONS. && .MARINE...WINDS/SEAS TRANQUIL UNTIL THE FRONTAL PASSAGE THU EVENING. WINDS/SEAS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE BEHIND THIS FRONT WITH RAPIDLY DETERIORATING MARINE CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE GULF STREAM. RIP CURRENT RISK WILL INCREASE AND BE HIGH AGAIN THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS AS RHS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 63 81 61 72 / 20 20 20 20 FORT LAUDERDALE 67 82 64 73 / 20 20 20 20 MIAMI 68 82 64 74 / 20 20 20 20 NAPLES 65 77 58 72 / 10 20 10 10 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION/MARINE/FIRE WEATHER...57/DG AVIATION...54/BNB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 348 PM EST WED JAN 23 2008 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-240845- 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- 348 PM EST WED JAN 23 2008 ...ISOLATED STORMS POSSIBLE INTERIOR AND EAST COAST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON... ...MINOR STREET FLOODING EAST COAST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON... ...SLIGHT CHANCE OF DENSE FOG INTERIOR AND WEST LATER TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE INTERIOR AND EAST COAST AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS FROM THE STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING STRIKES, WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH, AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER, MOVE INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED BY. FLOODING: ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY OVER THE EAST COAST AREAS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS COULD SEE SOME MINOR FLOODING FROM THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU SEE WATER COVERING THE ROADWAY, DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH IT. TURN AROUND DO NOT DROWN. VISIBILITY: PARTIALLY CLEARING SKIES AND LIGHT WIND MAY PRODUCE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DENSE FOG AT LEAST AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE IN SPOTS OVER INTERIOR AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA LATER TONIGHT. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF ANY DENSE FOG FORMS LATER TONIGHT. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE AGAIN FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND AT THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA...AS NORTHEAST WINDS DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THAT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1038 AM EST WED JAN 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM FLASH FLOOD BOYNTON BEACH 26.53N 80.09W
01/22/2008 PALM BEACH FL TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTS WERE RECEIVED OF WATER ENTERING BUSINESSES NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF CONGRESS AND GATEWAY. A STORM SPOTTER
IN BOYNTON BEACH REPORTED IN EXCESS OF FIVE INCHES OF
RAIN IN ABOUT 2 HOURS BEFORE THE RAIN GAUGE OVERFLOWED.
MEDIA REPORTS OF DOZENS OF STALLED CARS AND 40 VEHICLE
ACCIDENTS DUE TO THE RAIN AND STANDING WATER. BOYNTON
BEACH BOULEVARD WAS CLOSED JUST WEST OF I-95, AS WERE THE
I-95 ONRAMPS AT BOYNTON BEACH AND GATEWAY BOULEVARDS.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 NNE BOYNTON BEACH 26.58N 80.06W
01/23/2008 M3.32 INCH PALM BEACH FL MESONET
24 HOUR RAINFALL MEASURED AT MESONET STATION IN LANTANA
WEST OF US 1 BETWEEN HYPOLUXO AND LANTANA ROADS.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 NNE BOYNTON BEACH 26.57N 80.08W
01/23/2008 M2.99 INCH PALM BEACH FL MESONET
24 HOUR RAINFALL MEASURED AT MESONET STATION IN LANTANA
NEAR HYPOLUXO ROAD BETWEEN I-95 AND CONGRESS.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 WSW BOYNTON BEACH 26.52N 80.14W
01/23/2008 M4.26 INCH PALM BEACH FL MESONET
24 HOUR RAINFALL MEASURED AT MESONET STATION EAST OF JOG
ROAD BETWEEN WOOLBRIGHT ROAD AND BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 WNW BOYNTON BEACH 26.56N 80.15W
01/23/2008 M3.71 INCH PALM BEACH FL MESONET
24 HOUR RAINFALL MEASURED AT MESONET STATION NEAR JOG
ROAD BETWEEN GATEWAY AND HYPOLUXO ROADS.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 NNW BOYNTON BEACH 26.57N 80.10W
01/23/2008 M4.97 INCH PALM BEACH FL MESONET
24 HOUR RAINFALL MEASURED AT MESONET STATION SOUTH OF
HYPOLUXO ROAD BETWEEN CONGRESS AND MILITARY TRAIL IN
BOYNTON BEACH.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 ENE BOYNTON BEACH 26.54N 80.07W
01/23/2008 M5.82 INCH PALM BEACH FL MESONET
24 HOUR RAINFALL MEASURED AT SOUTH FLORIDA WATER
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT S-41 STATION LOCATED NEAR
INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY IN BOYNTON BEACH.
&&
RAINFALL AND FLOODING REPORTS FROM HEAVY RAIN/FLOOD EVENT IN BOYNTON
BEACH AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES ON JANUARY 22.
MOLLEDAThe Miami radar (KAMX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:48 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Boynton Beach police observed a funnel cloud west of Congress Avenue on Boynton Beach Boulevard. The funnel came down about halfway to the ground before lifting.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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