An upper level low pressure area over the northern Gulf of Mexico continued a moist flow of tropical air across South Florida with isolated showers and thunderstorms.
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An upper level low pressure area over the northern Gulf of Mexico continued a moist flow of tropical air across South Florida with isolated showers and thunderstorms.
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 19, 1:22 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 222 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-SUNDAY NIGHT)... RECENTLY ANIMATED WATER VAPOR LOOP AND VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED THE UPPER LOW THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS CENTERED OVER THE NORTH-CENTRAL GULF COAST WITH PLENTY OF CONVECTION STILL FLARING OUT ACROSS THE GULF TO ITS SOUTHEAST. GOES SOUNDER TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER IMAGERY INDICATES SOME DRIER AIR BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE LOCAL AREA FROM THE SOUTHEAST AHEAD OF A TROPICAL WAVE. THIS DRY AIR SHOULD KEEP THINGS QUIET ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT WITH MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION POSSIBLE FROM NAPLES TO THE LAKE OVER THE INTERIOR AREAS. LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...THE LATEST GUIDANCE SHOWS ANOTHER SURGE OF DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE SPREADING OVER THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH WITH PWATS RETURNING TO THE 2-2.1" RANGE THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY AS A TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHES AND MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. ALTHOUGH THIS WAVE WILL LIKELY TRANSLATE TO MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWER/TSTM ACTIVITY OVER THE WEEKEND...THE COMBINATION OF SOUTH- SOUTHEAST FLOW AND THE ABSENCE OF AN UPPER LOW SUPPORTING OR ENHANCING THE RAINFALL POTENTIAL/COVERAGE...SIMILAR TO THE PAST FEW DAYS...WIDESPREAD TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE ONLY PROJECTED TO RANGE FROM HALF OF AN INCH TO AN INCH THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE INLAND AREAS OR FROM NAPLES TO THE LAKE WITH THE SSE FLOW IN PLACE. AS TYPICALLY OBSERVED...LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD QUICKLY RE-AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING DUE TO THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS FROM PREVIOUS RAINS THIS WEEK. 85/AG .LONG TERM (MONDAY-FRIDAY)... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF THE WEATHER THROUGH THE EARLY PORTION OF THE UPCOMING WEEK...WITH DIURNALLY DRIVEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND GULF COAST. THE RIDGE IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN AND SHIFT EAST AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIGS SOUTH ACROSS THE EASTERN SEABOARD AND INTO THE SOUTHEAST. AS THE FLOW WEAKENS...RAIN CHANCES ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE BACK TOWARDS CLIMO FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH HIGHS NEAR 90 TO THE LOWER 90S AND LOWS IN THE MID 70S TO AROUND 80 DEGREES. 84/AK && .AVIATION... FOR THE EAST COAST TERMINALS...AS SOME DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO WORK ITS WAY INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHEAST ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL ALTHOUGH WITH SHOWERS OR A THUNDERSTORM BRIEF PERIODS OF SUB-VFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. FOR TERMINAL KAPF...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORECAST AROUND 19Z-23Z WITH VCTS ASSIGNED WITH DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE ALONG THE WESTERN PENINSULA OR IN THE ADJACENT GULF. A FEW OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM CONVECTION IN THE EASTERN GULF MAY ALSO INITIATE STORMS THAT COULD AFFECT TERMINAL KAPF. && .MARINE... DRIER CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT. A TROPICAL WAVE WILL BEGIN TO INFLUENCE THE WEATHER ON SATURDAY...WHICH MAY LEAD TO MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO BUILD TOWARD SOUTH FLORIDA AND LEAD TO DRIER CONDITIONS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL REMAIN LOW THROUGH THIS TIME. && .FIRE WEATHER... PLENTY OF MOISTURE WILL PRECLUDE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH RH VALUES REMAINING WELL ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS EACH DAY. SSE LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER SURGE OF MOISTURE LIFTING NORTH OVER THE AREA WILL LEAD TO INCREASING RAINFALL CHANCES OVER THE WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY INLAND FROM NAPLES TO THE LAKE REGION. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 78 87 77 87 / 20 50 30 50 FORT LAUDERDALE 79 88 79 88 / 20 50 30 50 MIAMI 79 88 78 87 / 20 50 30 50 NAPLES 75 90 75 89 / 20 40 20 40 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && SHORT TERM/MARINE/FIRE...85/AG LONG TERM...84/AK AVIATION/RADAR...60/BD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 400 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 200400- 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- 400 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES... ...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING, FOCUSED INTERIOR/GULF COAST THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES. THUNDERSTORMS: A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP, FOCUSING ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND GULF COAST THIS AFTERNOON, WHERE ONE OR TWO STRONG STORMS CONTAINING FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. WIND: A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CANNOT BE RULED OUT OVER THE INTERIOR AND GULF COAST THIS AFTERNOON. FLOODING: ISOLATED STREETS IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE LIKELY CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME STANDING WATER ON THEM FROM THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL. ALSO, DUE TO SATURATED SOILS, ANY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD LEAD TO STREET FLOODING. HOWEVER, THE HEAVY RAINFALL RISK IS MUCH LESS THAN RECENT DAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A TROPICAL WAVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA ON SATURDAY, BRINGING AN INCREASING CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EAST COAST. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ANYWHERE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA ON SATURDAY, WHICH COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED STREET FLOODING. TYPICAL MAINLY AFTERNOON SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AND INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. .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
The Miami radar (KAMX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:44 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A waterspout moved onshore during a lifeguard competition near the Pompano Beach Fishing Pier. Tents were blown down and there were three minor injuries.
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