Continued moist and unstable atmosphere typical of summer in South Florida caused scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms over the area.
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The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
Continued moist and unstable atmosphere typical of summer in South Florida caused scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms over the area.
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 26, 9:31 AM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1031 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 .UPDATE... SURFACE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE INFLUENCED BY A TROUGH NEAR THE SOUTHEASTERN US COAST AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING WEST INTO CENTRAL/SOUTH FLORIDA. THUS...LIGHT SSW TO SSE SURFACE FLOW IS EXPECTED FROM WEST COAST TO EAST COAST RESPECTIVELY THROUGH TODAY. SLIGHTLY MORE WESTERLY COMPONENT TODAY COMPARED TO YESTERDAY...MAY MAKE CONVERGENCE ALONG THE SEA BREEZE MORE LIKELY CLOSER THE EAST COAST...BUT OTHER MITIGATING FACTORS SUCH AS WEAK LAPSE RATES AND INCREASINGLY DRY AIR THROUGH THE MID LEVELS SHOULD KEEP COVERAGE ONLY SCATTERED EAST COAST. NUMEROUS STORMS JUST SSW OF KAPF ARE ONGOING...AS OUTFLOWS SHOULD INCREASE COVERAGE THROUGH THAT PART OF THE FORECAST AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STORMS ALSO FIRING INLAND...EXTREME EASTERN COLLIER AND EXTREME NW DADE. ALL OF THESE AREAS WILL CARRY THE HIGHEST POPS TODAY. HRRR AND SOME LOCAL MODELS INDICATING THAT ACTIVITY SPREADS INTO PERHAPS CENTRAL DADE COUNTY BY THIS AFTERNOON ALTHOUGH CELLS WILL BE MOVING NORTH MUCH OF THE DAY. ALTHOUGH STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...THREAT FOR STRONG STORMS ISN'T ANY GREATER THAN USUAL THIS TIME OF YEAR. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 737 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014/ AVIATION... SHOWERS AND STORMS CONTINUE OVER THE GULF AND ATLANTIC WATERS THIS MORNING. A FEW SHOWERS ALSO DEVELOPED OVER BISCAYNE BAY AND WERE MOVING NORTH...AND THESE COULD GET NEAR KMIA OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. LIGHT WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES PUSHING INLAND LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON. THE FLOW ALOFT IS MORE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST...SO THERE IS FORECAST TO BE MORE ACTIVITY NEAR THE EAST COAST TAF SITES. KEPT VCTS FOR NOW...BUT TEMPO GROUPS MAY BE NEEDED FOR SOME OF THE EAST COAST TAF SITES LATER TODAY. MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST...OUTSIDE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. LIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN OVERNIGHT. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 331 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014/ DISCUSSION... THE GLOBAL MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE RELATIVELY DRIER AIR ENTERING INTO THE FLORIDA STRAITS TODAY. RECENT SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS DRIER AIR MOVING NORTHWARD. THE CONSENSUS OF THE GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT THE DRIER AIR WILL NOT LIKELY MAKE IT FAR ENOUGH NORTH TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE CHANCES OF CONVECTION ACROSS THE PENINSULA TODAY. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT PWAT'S ACROSS THE PENINSULA COULD STILL BE AROUND 1.8 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON ALLOWING FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE PENINSULA AND LINGERING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE LATEST GUIDANCE INDICATES LOW LEVEL WESTERLY WINDS BUILDING INTO THE REGION BY THE AFTERNOON WHICH COULD MAINTAIN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COAST METRO AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THERE IS BROAD AGREEMENT IN THE GLOBAL MODELS INDICATING THAT THE DRIER AIR IN THE STRAITS WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTHWARD TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY BUT WILL LIKELY REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE PENINSULA. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE SUFFICIENT MOISTURE TO ALLOW FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION ALTHOUGH THE FAVORED AREA WILL BE IN THE LAKE REGION AND IN GENERAL ISOLATED ACTIVITY ELSEWHERE. SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL LINGER ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY ALTHOUGH SOUTHWESTERLY SURFACE WINDS AND LOW LEVEL WESTERLY WINDS SHOULD FAVOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE PENINSULA WITH MORE ISOLATED ACTIVITY ELSEWHERE. BY LATE TUESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY THERE IS GENERAL AGREEMENT IN THE GLOBAL MODELS INDICATING A LARGE AMPLITUDE MID TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEVELOPING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GREAT LAKES AND POSSIBLY EXTENDING AS FAR SOUTH AS THE NORTHEASTERN GULF. THE GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO INDICATE AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT COULD APPROACH THE LAKE REGION LATE TUESDAY AND MIGHT PUSH FURTHER SOUTH INTO WEDNESDAY WITH THE MAIN EFFECT ON SOUTH FLORIDA FORECAST TO BE SUPPORTING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. MARINE... FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND...WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY IN GENERAL AND ARE FORECAST TO BE AROUND 10 KNOTS OR LESS WITH FAIRLY TRANQUIL SEAS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS. FOR NEXT WEEK...WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY MONDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS AND GENERALLY AROUND 10 KNOTS. REGIONAL SEAS ARE FORECAST TO BE 2 FEET OR LESS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 90 77 89 77 / 40 20 30 10 FORT LAUDERDALE 91 80 91 79 / 30 20 20 10 MIAMI 89 80 90 79 / 30 10 20 10 NAPLES 90 77 90 77 / 70 20 20 10 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && SHORT TERM...21/KM LONG TERM....60/BD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 411 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 262015- 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- 411 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 ...HIGH LIGHTNING RISK ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE THE PRIMARY RISK IN AND AROUND THE THUNDERSTORMS. THE LIGHTNING RISK IS HIGH OVER ALL BUT THE GULF COAST WHERE THE RISK IS MODERATE. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE UP TO 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. FLOODING: SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED STREET FLOODING. WIND: GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. WATERSPOUTS: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF WATERPOUTS ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY WITH THE PRIMARY RISK CONTINUING TO BE LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL, POSSIBLY LEADING TO ISOLATED STREET FLOODING. .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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1117 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014
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1059 AM WATER SPOUT 10 ESE POMPANO BEACH 26.20N 79.96W
07/26/2014 AMZ651 FL AWOS
WATER SPOUT REPORTED IN KFXE OBSERVATION. LOCATION OF
WATER SPOUT APPROXIMATED FROM RADAR.
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KMThe Miami radar (KAMX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:46 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A person was rushed to the hospital with traumatic injuries after being struck by lightning in Boca Country Club.
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