Two short lived and weak waterspouts moved onshore at almost the same time at different locations, one in Miami Beach and the other in Delray Beach.
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Two short lived and weak waterspouts moved onshore at almost the same time at different locations, one in Miami Beach and the other in Delray Beach.
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 Jun 13, 12:20 PM EST, 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 120 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008 .AVIATION...NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED FROM EARLIER THINKING... STILL EXPECTING SCT TO NUMEROUS SHRA AND TSRA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING, BUT MAINLY OVER INTERIOR AND WEST COAST LOCATIONS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN GENERALLY EAST AT 10 TO 15 KTS WITH APF BEING AN EXCEPTION AS A SEA BREEZE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS PUSHING THE WINDS TO MORE WESTERLY DIRECTION FOR A FEW HOURS AT AROUND 10 KTS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 950 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008/ ANALYSIS OF THE 12Z SOUNDING INDICATED THAT A FEW ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. WHILE THERE IS SOME DRY AIR IN THE MID TO UPPER LEVELS...ONLY SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH DOWNDRAFTS ON THE ORDER OF 30 TO 40 MPH. WITH A PRECIPITABLE WATER OF NEARLY 1.8 INCHES AND WEAK MID LEVEL FLOW...MINOR FLOODING MAY BE POSSIBLE WITHIN HEAVY RAIN CORES. AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...MOST FAVORED AREA OF CONVECTION SHOULD BE INTERIOR AND WEST. OVERALL...NO CHANGE TO SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS OUTLINED BELOW AND NO CHANGE TO SHORT TERM FORECAST. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 746 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008/ PREVIOUS DISCUSSION AVIATION...SCT TO NUM SHRA/TSRA ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN TODAY, BUT BEST CHANCE WILL OCCUR ACROSS INTERIOR AND WEST COAST LOCATIONS. ALONG THE EAST COAST MOST STORMS WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WITH THE FOCUS SHIFTING WESTWARD WITH TIME. MVFR OR POSSIBLY IFR CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR IN THE STRONGEST OF STORMS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN EASTERLY AT ALL SITES EXCEPT FOR AT APF WHICH MAY HAVE A SEA BREEZE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE 10 TO 15 KT DURING THE AFTERNOON, BUT OF COURSE WINDS MAY BE HIGHER AND MORE VARIABLE IN AND NEAR STORMS. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 459 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008/ DISCUSSION... WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS PREVAIL ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS MORNING...WITH HIGH-LEVEL CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM STORMS TO THE NORTH ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON BEING ADVECTED OVER THE AREA IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. LATEST WATER VAPOR ANIMATION SUGGESTS THE PRESENCE OF A PRONOUNCED MID-LEVEL VORT MAX CURRENTLY LOCATED NEAR GRAND BAHAMA AND ABACO ISLANDS...AND MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD. THIS FEATURE WILL HAVE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE WEATHER ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AS ALL SHORT TERM MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SOUTHWARD OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS TO THE EAST OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA PENINSULA...BEFORE WEAKENING AND EXPANDING INTO A BROAD MID-LEVEL TROUGH BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND. OVERALL...EXPECT SIMILAR WEATHER TODAY TO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS...AND WILL FOLLOW A FORECAST LARGELY BASED ON PERSISTENCE. WILL FORECAST LIKELY POPS FOR THE ENTIRE AREA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE IMMEDIATE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES...GIVEN PRESENCE OF MID-LEVEL VORT MAX AND ASSOCIATED FORCING/ENHANCED INSTABILITY...RICH MOISTURE WITH PWATS EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 1.75-2.00 INCHES...AND LOCALIZED CONVERGENCE ALONG SEA/LAKE BREEZE BOUNDARIES. HIGHEST POPS WILL BE PLACED ACROSS THE GULF COAST ZONES AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...WITH FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGESTING THAT A STEADY WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD STORM MOTION CAN BE EXPECTED. A FEW STRONG STORMS PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT WEAK LAPSE RATES ALOFT SHOULD ENSURE THE MAIN THREATS FROM TODAYS ACTIVITY WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. SHOWERS AND EVEN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS AND IMMEDIATE SOUTHEAST COAST ON FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...MODELS SUGGEST THAT THE MID-LEVEL CIRCULATION WILL BE FAR ENOUGH TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE LOCAL AREA ON SATURDAY TO ALLOW A DRIER MID-LEVEL AIRMASS TO SPREAD OVERHEAD...AND WILL LIMIT POPS TO LOW CHANCE. EXPECT NOCTURNAL PRECIPITATION TO BE CONFINED TO THE IMMEDIATE SOUTHEAST COAST ONCE AGAIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH THE COVERAGE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS/STORMS INCREASING ONCE AGAIN BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS DEEP-LAYER FLOW VEERS TO THE SOUTHEAST IN RESPONSE TO AN ELONGATED MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SPREADING OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES AND GULF OF MEXICO. MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE FROM THE LATEST ECMWF...AS WELL AS THE GFS...BOTH SUGGEST THAT RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST. THIS WILL OCCUR AS DEEP SOUTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPS BETWEEN A BROAD/ELONGATED TROUGH OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND AN UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE EXPANDING WESTWARD FROM THE GREATER ANTILLES. AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS FORECAST DISCUSSIONS...THIS PATTERN WILL FAVOR THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE PENINSULA THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. WILL INCREASE POPS SLIGHTLY ALONG THE EAST COAST...BUT WILL GENERALLY STICK CLOSE TO MEXMOS VALUES FOR BOTH POPS AND TEMPERATURES IN THE EXTENDED PERIODS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA. MARINE... LIGHT WIND FLOW THROUGHOUT THE LOWER PORTION OF THE TROPOSPHERE... COMBINED WITH THE VERY MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA AND OCEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN THE 80-85F RANGE...WILL CREATE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR WATERSPOUTS OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS ONCE AGAIN THIS MORNING. THIS THREAT WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE HWOMFL...AND HANDLED ON A SHORT TERM BASIS WITH MWS/SMW PRODUCTS. OTHERWISE...THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT MARINE WEATHER CONCERNS...WITH EAST FLOW IN THE 10-15 KNOT RANGE ATLANTIC AND 5-10 KNOT RANGE GULF EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BEFORE WINDS SLOWLY BEGIN TO VEER TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. FIRE WEATHER... A COMBINATION OF PATCHY FOG AND SMOKE MAY CONTINUE TO RESULT IN EARLY MORNING VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS IN THE REGION TO THE WEST/SOUTHWEST OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. OTHERWISE...THERE ARE NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS...WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON RH VALUES EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 75 88 75 86 / 30 20 20 30 FORT LAUDERDALE 78 89 78 88 / 40 30 20 40 MIAMI 77 88 77 88 / 40 30 20 50 NAPLES 73 90 73 90 / 30 30 20 40 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && LONG TERM...04/AT SHORT TERM/AVIATION...04/AT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1155 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-140300- 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- 1155 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WITH SOME STRONG... ...INCREASING RISK OF RIP CURRENTS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME NUMEROUS TODAY OVER SOUTH FLORIDA, BUT MAINLY OVER INTERIOR AND WEST COAST LOCATIONS, DUE TO THE DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE IN PLACE. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD EVEN BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL, AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. WIND: WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY WITH ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORM. HAIL: HAIL OF PEA SIZE WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY WITH ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORM. FLOODING: THUNDERSTORM MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BE SLOW TODAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS TODAY ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA. RIP CURRENTS: EASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL ALLOW FOR A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE INCREASE IN RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND, DUE TO THE EASTERLY WINDS AND LOW TIDE DURING THE DAY HOURS. A MIX OF SMOKE AND NIGHTTIME FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL NIGHTS NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE AFFECTING MAINLY GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN, GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH THE OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI. TINGLER
The Miami radar (KAMX), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:04 UTC.
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A quickly developing shower on the coast of Miami Beach produced a short lived waterspout that moved onshore. The waterspout quickly dissipated when encountering the beach near the 6400 block of A1A.
A small waterspout briefly moved onshore at Delray Beach just north of Atlantic Avenue. The waterspout stirred up some beach umbrellas and blankets, and dissipated shortly after touching land.
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