Afternoon thunderstorms over metro Miami-Dade County on September 15th led to lightning striking a construction crane in western Miami-Dade County.
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Afternoon thunderstorms over metro Miami-Dade County on September 15th led to lightning striking a construction crane in western Miami-Dade 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 Sep 15, 12:54 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 154 PM EDT MON SEP 15 2008 .DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRES...EXTENDING FROM THE N ATLC SW OVER THE FLA PENINSULA AND INTO THE SE GULF...WILL PERSIST TONIGHT THROUGH WED. THE RIDGE WEAKENS AND MOVES E OF THE AREA THU AND FRI AS AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES E OVER THE E U.S. COAST. THE RIDGE BEGINS TO REBUILD WESTWARD OVER THE FLA PENINSULA NEXT WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WIND FLOW AT THE SURFACE/ALOFT WILL BE LIGHT. AT THE SURFACE...A GENERAL EASTERLY FLOW CAN BE EXPECTED BUT SEA BREEZE DEVELOPMENT ON BOTH E/W COASTS CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS ALOFT WINDS WILL VARY AND A FAVORED PORTION OF THE AREA TO BE AFFECTED QUESTIONABLE. THUS... GFS/MET GUIDANCE WILL BE FOLLOWED CLOSELY DUE TO CLOSE AGREEMENT OF THE TWO. TEMPS SEASONAL THOUGH MINS MAY BE A BIT LOW. && .MARINE...WINDS GENERALLY 10 KT OR LESS AND SEAS 2 FT OR LESS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 80 89 77 88 / 10 20 20 20 FORT LAUDERDALE 81 89 80 88 / 10 20 20 20 MIAMI 80 91 79 89 / 10 20 20 20 NAPLES 75 90 74 90 / 20 40 20 40 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && LONG TERM...15/JR SHORT TERM/AVIATION...04/AT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 358 AM EDT MON SEP 15 2008 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-161100- 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- 358 AM EDT MON SEP 15 2008 ...HIGH RISK FOR WATERSPOUTS ATLANTIC WATERS AND BISCAYNE BAY... ...ISOLATED STORMS EAST TO SCATTERED INTERIOR AND WEST COAST TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS TODAY AS THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE PUSHES INLAND. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS INTERIOR AND GULF COAST LOCATIONS. OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. WATERSPOUTS: LIGHT WINDS COMBINED WITH A CONVERGENCE LINE OF SHOWERS WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR WATERSPOUTS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS AND BISCAYNE BAY, ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL BEING THE MAIN THREATS. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SLOW MOVERS DURING THE MID WEEK PERIOD. .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. STRASSBERG
The Miami radar (KAMX), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:30 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a construction crane in western Miami-Dade County while 2 workers were on board. Both workers were taken to the hospital after the bolt travel down the metal crane and were in good condition.
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