Isolated afternoon thunderstorms produced a funnel cloud over Weston.
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Isolated afternoon thunderstorms produced a funnel cloud over Weston.
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 5, 1:19 PM EST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 219 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 .SYNOPSIS...SEEMS LIKE SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH M/U LVL RIDGE OVER GULF OF MEX/FLORIDA PENINSULA HAS MANAGED TO KEEP CONVECTION AT A MINIMUM SO FAR TODAY. LATEST RUC ANALYSIS ALSO INDICATED DIVERGENT FLOW AT THE LOWER LEVELS (850MB). IN SPITE OF THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND DIURNAL HEATING, ONLY ISOLD SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED AT BEST. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...ONLY ISOLD ACTIVITY EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE AREA...MAINLY THIS EVENING. THE MID/UPPER LVL RIDGE MAY SLIGHTLY SHIFT SOUTHWARD MONDAY WHILE THE LOW LVL ATLC RIDGE CONTINUES TO PUMP ABUNDANT MOISTURE OVER THE LOCAL AREA. THIS WILL RESULT IN BETTER ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WITH LESS SUBSIDENCE, WHICH IN TURN WILL RESULT IN HIGHER CHANCES FOR RAIN...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE SEA/LAKE BREEZES MEET. SSW STEERING FLOW WILL PUSH ANY SHWR/TSTMS NORTHWARD/NORTHEASTWARD FAVORING THE LAKE REGION AND PALM BEACH COUNTY. WL GO WITH LIKELY POPS FOR THESE AREAS MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED POPS ELSEWHERE. BY TUESDAY THE M/U RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT BACK NORTH WITH SUBSIDENCE INCREASING AGAIN...THEREFORE SLIGHTLY LOWER POPS EXPECTED. THE STEERING FLOW WILL ALSO BE MORE SOUTHERLY WHICH WILL TEND TO CONCENTRATE CONVECTION MAINLY OVER INTERIOR AREAS/LAKE REGION. && .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...THE LOCAL AREA WILL REMAIN UNDER A DEEP LAYER RIDGE WHICH WILL TEND TO LIMIT SHWR/TSTM ACTIVITY. HOWEVER, LOCAL EFFECTS WILL LIKELY PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ANY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. THE LOW LEVEL ATLANTIC RIDGE WILL BUILD WESTWARD OVER THE PENINSULA AND THIS WILL RESULT IN SFC WINDS GRADUALLY SHIFTING TO SOUTHEAST/EAST THROUGH THIS PERIOD, WHICH WILL ALLOW THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE TO PENETRATE FURTHER INLAND WITH THE INITIATION OF CONVECTION HAPPENING MAINLY OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS. .MARINE...A LIGHT TO GENTLE MOSTLY SOUTH FLOW WILL PREVAIL THROUGH MID WEEK. THE SFC WINDS WILL SHIFT TO MORE SOUTHEAST TO EAST, BUT REMAIN LIGHT, TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK AS THE ATLANTIC RIDGE BUILDS WESTWARD. SEAS WILL REMAIN AT 2 FEET OR LESS. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS AT THIS TIME. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 77 91 75 91 / 20 50 20 30 FORT LAUDERDALE 78 91 77 90 / 30 40 20 20 MIAMI 79 92 79 92 / 30 40 20 20 NAPLES 77 90 77 90 / 20 30 20 20 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && SHORT TERM/LONG TERM/MARINE/FIRE...47/RGH AVIATION...60/BD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 324 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-061000- 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- 324 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA. A FEW STORMS WILL POSSIBLY BECOME STRONG OVER THE INTERIOR AREAS. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS BEING GUSTY WINDS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES, AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. WIND: WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS OVER THE INTERIOR AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. FLOODING: WITH SEVERAL DAYS OF RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE STEERING WINDS BEING LIGHT, MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER GLADES COUNTY AS ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH DAY, WITH DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THE BIGGEST THREATS. .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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 559 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 FLZ067-068-168-052230- INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL- COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FL- 559 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY... AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOYNTON BEACH AND LAKE WORTH...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...WHICH CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS OFFER NO PROTECTION. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. RESIDENTS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LAT...LON 2641 8006 2641 8020 2667 8021 2669 8005 TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 289DEG 8KT 2653 8010 GR
The Miami radar (KAMX), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:17 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple reports of a funnel cloud were received over Weston. No touch down was indicated or observed.
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