Another day of the wet season in South Florida produce more lightning damage along with hail and high wind gust reports.
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The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
Another day of the wet season in South Florida produce more lightning damage along with hail and high wind gust reports.
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 Jul 25, 6:21 AM EST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 721 AM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009 .AVIATION...THOUGH VFR WILL PREVAIL...THERE WILL BE SCT/NUM SHRA/TSRA BY THIS AFTERNOON...FOCUSED ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COAST. DUE TO DIFFICULTIES IN EXACT TIMING AND LOCATION HAVE KEPT VCTS IN AT THIS TIME AND WILL REFINE AS TIME GETS CLOSER. GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 KT AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT/VAR WINDS WILL BECOME ONSHORE THIS AFTERNOON. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 324 AM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009/ DISCUSSION... THERE IS OVERALL VERY LITTLE CHANGE TO THE FCST PHILOSOPHY THIS MORNING...AS THE STRONG AND DOMINANT DEEP-LAYER RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL ATLC IS STILL THE MAIN PLAYER IN THE WEATHER ACROSS MUCH OF THE ERN CONUS THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK. THE LOW LEVEL RIDGE AXIS WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTH FL THROUGH SUNDAY...THEN SHIFT N INTO CNTRL/NRN FL WITH A DEEPENING/STRENGTHENING ERLY FLOW DEVELOPING MONDAY AND PERSISTING NEXT WEEK LEADING TO A MORE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PRECIP PATTERN. FOR TODAY...MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE DEEP-LAYER RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING SW FROM THE CNTRL ATLC WILL REMAIN DIRECTLY OVER SOUTH FL. THIS WILL CREATE A LIGHT STEERING FLOW ACROSS THE REGION...PERHAPS TENDING A LITTLE SW. STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP ALONG INWARD-MOVING SEA BREEZES...WITH WEST COAST ACTIVITY IGNITING INLAND FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE IGNITING OVER THE METRO AREAS. ALL STORMS WILL MOVE LITTLE UNTIL THEY CAN BECOME OUTFLOW-DOMINANT SO HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY IN ANY STORM GIVEN PWATS OVER 2 INCHES. ONE FACTOR THAT MAY INFLUENCE STORM DEVELOPMENT TODAY IS A SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY ANALYZED IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY OFF THE NW COAST OF CUBA...MOVING NE. THIS IS TIMED TO ARRIVE NEAR THE SW FL COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND COULD LEAD TO SOME STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON GIVEN HIGH EXPECTED LEVELS OF INSTABILITY. STORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING ESP. THE EASTERN HALF BEFORE CONDITIONS DRY OUT OVERNIGHT. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED ON SUNDAY AS THE OVERALL PATTERN CHANGES LITTLE...THOUGH FCST SOUNDINGS FROM THE NAM/GFS SHOW SLIGHTLY WARMER MID LEVELS AND LOWER OVERALL INSTABILITY...AND THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE MAY BE A LITTLE QUICKER TO MOVE INLAND. FOR THE PERIOD MONDAY INTO NEXT WEEKEND...MODEL GUIDANCE REMAINS IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT THAT THE LOW-LEVEL RIDGE AXIS WILL SHIFT N OF THE REGION AS MENTIONED ABOVE. THE DEVELOPING ERLY TO SERLY FLOW SHOULD LEAD TO HIGHER AFTN STORM CHANCES ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR/GULF CST AREAS...WITH MAINLY NIGHTTIME/MORNING SHOWERS OR A STORM ACROSS ERN AREAS. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF BREAK FROM THIS PATTERN MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY MORNING AS A WEAK INVERTED LOW-LEVEL TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE EAST...BRINGING PSBL SHOWERS JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE AT ANYTIME. WILL INDICATE POPS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN MOS GUIDANCE ACROSS NAPLES AREA THIS ENTIRE PERIOD DUE TO EASTERLY STEERING FLOW IN PLACE. TEMPS WILL BE WARMEST AT NIGHT ACROSS THE ERN METRO AREAS AND WITH ONSHORE FLOW...TEMPS MAY STRUGGLE TO WANDER OUT OF A 7 OR 8 DEGREE DIURNAL RANGE. MARINE... LIGHT WINDS GENERALLY ERLY ACROSS THE ATLC AND SWRLY ACROSS THE GULF WATERS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AT LESS THAN 10 KTS AND SEAS 2 FT OR LESS OUTSIDE STORMS. STRONGER ERLY FLOW COULD PICK UP ALL WATERS TO AROUND 15 KTS BY TUESDAY WITH SEAS INCREASING TO 2-4 FT. FIRE WEATHER... NO CONCERNS OUTSIDE OF POSSIBLE LIGHTNING ACTIVITY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 91 78 91 78 / 60 30 50 30 FORT LAUDERDALE 92 81 92 82 / 60 30 40 30 MIAMI 93 80 92 80 / 60 30 50 30 NAPLES 93 78 92 77 / 40 20 40 30 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && LONG TERM...04/AT SHORT TERM/AVIATION...15/JR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 408 AM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-260300- 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- 408 AM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009 ...STORMS TO FOCUS ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND ATLANTIC COAST THIS AFTERNOON... ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH STRONG TO EVEN A FEW SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND ATLANTIC COAST THIS AFTERNOON WITH STORMS MORE SCATTERED ALONG THE GULF COAST. SOME OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME STRONG WITH EVEN A FEW SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE. WIND: STRONG WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. HAIL: THE STRONGEST STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO AROUND PENNY SIZE. FLOODING: SLOW MOVING STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WHICH COULD RESULT IN ISOLATED STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED AREAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. WATERSPOUTS: A MOIST ENVIRONMENT ALONG WITH WEAK WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW WATERSPOUTS DEVELOPING OVER THE LOCAL WATERS. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL WILL BE OVER THE NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS AND BISCAYNE BAY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE ATLANTIC RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT INTO CENTRAL AND NORTH FLORIDA THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASING EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PART OF THE WEEK...INCREASING THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES. DAILY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT WITH FOCUS ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND GULF COAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER INDIVIDUAL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HIGH WIND, HAIL AND FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI. GREGORIA
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
653 AM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0643 AM WATER SPOUT 4 SSW KEY BISCAYNE 25.64N 80.18W
07/25/2009 AMZ630 FL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
OFF-DUTY MEMBER FROM OCEAN RESCUE REPORTED A WATERSPOUT
IN EASTERN BISCAYNE BAY.
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STRASSBERGThe Miami radar (KAMX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:00 UTC.
3 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a plumbing stack of a house near the intersection of NW 165 Street and NW 30th Avenue, and a neighbor heard the loud thunder and saw smoke coming from the house. The neighbor then called 911. A fire started in the kitchen and the firefighters put out the fire. No one was home at the time.
A mesonet site in the Everglades recorded a wind gust of 58 MPH.
Lightning knocked out power to near 1,600 residents of Palm Beach County after it knocked down power lines that cross Golf Street at Military Trail.
The public reported nickel to dime sized hail accompanied with 50 mph wind gusts and over 1 inch of rain in 1/2 hour at Jupiter Farms.
Lightning hit a gas station in Miramar blowing a hole in the roof and knocking out power. The gas station attendant saw the flash and heard the thunder, but was not injured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 2009
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 186300, 186294, 186303, 186292, 186302.