Another house and car was struck by lightning in South Florida.
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Another house and car was struck by lightning in South Florida.
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 27, 8:54 AM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 954 AM EDT MON JUL 27 2009 .UPDATE... SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE OFF SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS...MAINLY EAST OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. THE FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON IS FOR ACTIVE CONVECTION...WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED...BUT MAINLY FOCUSED IN THE INTERIOR AND EASTERN COASTAL ZONE. CURRENT GUIDANCE AND THE 12Z SOUNDING CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS. THE 12Z SOUNDING HAS A PWAT OF JUST OVER TWO INCHES...AND INDICATING A STORM MOVEMENT OF ABOUT 1 KNOT. IN ADDITION BOTH GUIDANCE AND THE LATEST WATER VAPOR SAT IMAGERY INDICATE A MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE COULD ENTER THE EASTERN GULF AND APPROACH SOUTH FLORIDA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH THERE IS NOT MUCH DRY AIR AT THE MID TO UPPER LEVELS...THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SMALL HAIL WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 25 TO 40 MPH EXPECTED. THERE IS CHANCE OF A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...BUT MAINLY CONFINED TO THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. 60 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 744 AM EDT MON JUL 27 2009/ AVIATION...SHRA/TSRA OVER THE OFFSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS OFF THE PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COAST ARE MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AT NEAR 10 KT. WILL MONITOR TRENDS...BUT FOR NOW HAVE KEPT ANY SHRA/TSRA OUT OF THE TAFS UNTIL LATE MORNING WHEN TSRA IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND SEA BREEZES. AGAIN...DUE TO EXACT TIMING/LOCATION DIFFICULTIES...MAINTAINED VCTS AND WILL MONITOR TRENDS FOR POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS. /GR && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 90 77 89 80 / 60 40 50 30 FORT LAUDERDALE 90 78 89 81 / 60 40 50 30 MIAMI 90 77 89 81 / 60 40 50 30 NAPLES 92 76 93 76 / 50 30 40 30 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && LONG TERM...60/BD SHORT TERM/AVIATION...18/GR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 350 AM EDT MON JUL 27 2009 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-280300- 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- 350 AM EDT MON JUL 27 2009 ...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON, FOCUSED INTERIOR/ATLANTIC COAST... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS INTERIOR AREAS AND THE ATLANTIC COAST THIS AFTERNOON WITH STORMS MORE SCATTERED ALONG THE GULF COAST. LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE THE PRIMARY RISK FROM THE STORMS. WIND: GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. FLOODING: STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING, CAPABLE OF DROPPING A FEW INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOURS TIME. THIS COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED STREET FLOODING OR FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE ATLANTIC RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL OR 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. THE FOCUS OF DAILY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND THE GULF COAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI. DG
The Miami radar (KAMX), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:31 UTC.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A man in a Chevy Impala was traveling northbound on Interstate 75 when the vehicle was struck by lightning. The strike left the car inoperable and smoking, but the driver was not injured.
A home on northwest 62 court was struck by lighting. The strike shattered 2 windows and produced burn marks on parts of the home. Most electronics in the dwelling were also inoperable.
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