Strong and slow-moving thunderstorms produced flooding in the Jupiter area due to light atmospheric flow and copious moisture.
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Strong and slow-moving thunderstorms produced flooding in the Jupiter area due to light atmospheric flow and copious moisture.
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 Aug 14, 1:22 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 222 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2010 .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRES ALOFT OVER S FLA TODAY IS NUDGED WESTWARD BY A DEEPENING TROUGH OVER OVER THE ATLC. REMNANTS OF TD 5 THAT HAS BEEN MOVING E OVER THE GULF COAST STATES ALONG THE N PERIFIERY OF THE HIGH PRES GETS CAUGHT UP IN THE HIGH PRES SYS MOVING W AND MOVES W INTO THE N GULF OF MEX...DRAGGING A MID LEVEL TROUGH AND A WEAK -ENING FRONTAL BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ATLC TROUGH...OVER CENTRAL FLA EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE SURFACE RIDGE OVER S FLA MOVES S. FOR THE SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...EVENING MAINLY INTERIOR SHOWERS/TSTMS OVER THE MAINLAND THEN MOSTLY CLEAR...WARM AND MUGGY WITH SOME SHOWER/TSTM ACTIVITY OVER THE GULF/ATLC WATERS. SOME INCREASE IN ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE SUN AS THE SFC/UPPER TROUGHS APPROACH AND WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF STEERING WINDS ALMOST ALL AREAS VULNERABLE TO SOME PRECIPITATION AND POPS NUGDED UPWARD. SUN NIGHT SIMILAR TONIGHT. ON MON...THE SURFACE TROUGH NEARS S FLA AND EASTERLY FLOW BECOMES A BIT DEEPER BUT MOST ACTIVITY WILL BE INTERIOR AND W. CONTINUED HIGH TEMPS WITH LOW 90S COASTAL ZONES TO THE MID 90S ELSEWHERE EXCEPT SOME UPPER 90S CENTRAL INTERIOR. HUMID AND MUGGY OVERNIGHT. .EXTENDED...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...HIGH PRES RIDGE REBUILDS TO THE N AND A PREVAILING DEEP SE WIND FLOW DEVELOPS MAINLY FROM WED INTO THE WEEKEND AND A TYPICAL DIURNAL PATTERN DEVELOPS. AT THIS TIME...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER FEATURES TO IMPACT THE S FLA AREA. && .MARINE...WINDS VARIABLE AND LESS THAN 10 KTS WITH SEAS 1 TO 2 FT THROUGH SUN. THEN A SMALL NE SWELL OF 1-2 FT MAY ARRIVE IN THE ATLC WATERS LATE SUN NIGHT INTO NEXT WEEK BUT ATLC SEAS REMAIN 4 FT OR LESS. WINDS BECOME EASTERLY MON AND GRADUALLY INCREASE. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 78 93 76 92/ 10 50 30 40 FORT LAUDERDALE 80 92 79 92/ 10 50 30 30 MIAMI 80 93 78 92/ 10 50 30 30 NAPLES 79 92 79 91/ 10 40 20 50 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && LONG TERM...15/JR SHORT TERM/AVIATION...O4/AT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 453 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2010 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-150930- 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- 453 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2010 ...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY... ...HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES INLAND... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY, WITH THE BEST RISK ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND EAST COAST. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL, GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH, AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING HOURS. WIND: A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FLOODING: THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WITH LOCALIZED AND PRIMARILY MINOR URBAN FLOODING POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES: HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE MID 90S IN MOST INTERIOR LOCALES THIS AFTERNOON. CORRESPONDING HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RISE TO BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. IN ADDITION TO THE DAILY THREAT FOR STORMS, AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL LIKELY RISE TO AROUND 105 DEGREES FOR MOST OF INTERIOR MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. .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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
953 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0933 AM WATER SPOUT KEY BISCAYNE 25.69N 80.16W
08/14/2010 MIAMI-DADE FL AIRPLANE PILOT
PILOTS REPORTED A WATERSPOUT ALONG A CLOUD LINE NEAR CAPE
FLORIDA.
&&
TINGLERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
320 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2010
FLZ067-068-168-142000-
INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
320 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2010
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEASTERN
PALM BEACH COUNTY...FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS FROM 40
TO 50 MPH...
AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF JUPITER...MOVING SOUTH AT 5
MPH.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT...
JUPITER FARMS...
CALOOSA...
NORTH PALM BEACH GENERAL AIRPORT...
AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH...TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS...OR A COMBINATION OF THESE ARE POSSIBLE. LIGHTNING IS THE
NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN
SHELTERS OFFER NO PROTECTION. THESE WINDS CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS
AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. 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 2655 8048 2696 8036 2696 8015 2698 8014
2698 8008 2655 8005
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 006DEG 6KT 2691 8018
DD/DSThe Melbourne radar (KMLB), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:30 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A spotter reported severe street flooding in Jupiter with Central Blvd and Indian Creek Parkway closed. Rainfall reports from the area were of 3.75 inches of rain in only 45 minutes.
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