Scattered afternoon and evening storms developed over South Florida in typically moist and unstable airmass along sea breeze and outflow boundaries.
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The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
Scattered afternoon and evening storms developed over South Florida in typically moist and unstable airmass along sea breeze and outflow boundaries.
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 Jun 29, 6:46 PM EST, 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 746 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ISOLATED TSRAS ACROSS WESTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO AFFECT ANY TAF SITES AND SHOULD DISSIPATE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT WITH SEA BREEZES DEVELOPING AT BOTH COASTS BY LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON TOMORROW. 10/CD && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 154 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012/ SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)...A DEEP ENE TO E WIND WILL WAFT ACROSS S FLA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY BUT BECOME E TO ESE SUNDAY WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE. DRY SUBSI -DENT AIR WILL BE OVER THE AREA LIMITING CONVECTION WITH A FEW E COAST MAINLY NOCTURNAL SHOWERS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT ( NOT IN FORECAST AT THIS TIME). ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOONS...MINIMAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE INTERIOR AND W AS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE INTERIOR...INTO THE MID 90S...WILL SET UP CONVECTION CURRENTS THAT WILL BREAK THROUGH THE INVERSION ALOFT. LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE DUE TO SEA/LAKE BREEZE DEVELOPMENT WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES ALONG THE COASTS WILL BE MITIGATED BY THE AFTERNOON SEA BREEZES. AT THIS TIME...NO RECORDS ARE EXPECTED BUT THE MID 90S IN THE CENTRAL INTERIOR MAY APPROACH WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF RECORDS. LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...LITTLE CHANGE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. BUT A MID LATITUDE TROUGH DEEPENING OVER NEW ENGLAND AND THE MID ATLC STATES WILL DISPLACE THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SE U.S. TO THE WEST. THIS WILL RESULT IN LESS SUBSIDENCE...SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND A SLIGHT INCREASE IN AFTERNOON SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. MARINE...WINDS WILL BE LESS THAN 15 KNOTS WITH SEAS AT OR BELOW 4 FEET THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. FIRE WEATHER...NO PROBLEMS EXPECTED AS MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES THROUGH THE ENTIRE FORECAST PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 76 90 76 90 / 0 - 10 10 FORT LAUDERDALE 78 90 79 91 / 0 - 10 10 MIAMI 78 91 78 92 / - - 10 10 NAPLES 75 90 78 91 / 0 10 10 20 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 300 AM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 300300- LAKE OKEECHOBEE-BISCAYNE BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE BAHAMAS-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- COASTAL WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH, FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE, FL OUT 20 NM- GULF WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 300 AM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS SOUTHERN AREAS TODAY... ...SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EAST COAST BEACHES TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA...DUE TO A EASTERLY WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH ALONG WITH LOW TIDE. THUNDERSTORMS: THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS FROM THE STORMS TODAY WILL BE LIGHTNING STRIKES, GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH, AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST METRO AREAS THIS WEEKEND BEFORE INCREASING TO CHANCE COVERAGE OVER ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS FROM THE STORMS WILL BE LIGHTING STRIKES, GUSTY WINDS, AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND, DUE TO THE EASTERLY WINDS AND LOW TIDE. .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. BAXTER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 719 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 FLZ073-174-300000- FAR SOUTH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL INLAND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL 719 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 714 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOMESTEAD GENERAL AIRPORT...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * THE STORM WILL AFFECT... REDLAND... HOMESTEAD GENERAL AIRPORT... AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. LAT...LON 2535 8049 2535 8072 2564 8075 2563 8050 TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 358DEG 8KT 2553 8058 10
The Miami radar (KAMX), 22 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:02 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Reports of a funnel cloud west of Homestead were relayed by local media. The pictures and video generated a fair amount of media interest even though the funnel did not touch down or cause damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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