A typically moist and unstable environment caused scattered showers and thunderstorms over South Florida.
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The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
A typically moist and unstable environment caused scattered showers and thunderstorms over South Florida.
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 27, 1:11 PM EST, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 211 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014 .DISCUSSION... CLOUDS LINING UP WITH THE ATLANTIC COAST WITH THE SEA BREEZE...AND A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MIDWAY THROUGH PALM BEACH/HENDRY/GLADES COUNTIES...WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. SPC MESOANALYSIS CONTINUES TO SHOW GREATEST MOISTURE POOLED THROUGH THE NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES/LAKE REGION/PALM BEACH. SO EXPECTING EITHER DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE COAST OF PALM BEACH COUNTY...OR INTERACTION BETWEEN OUTFLOWS INLAND AS THEY MOVE EAST. FURTHER SOUTH INTO BROWARD MIAMI DADE...CAN'T RULE OUT STORMS BUT AT THIS POINT ONLY EXPECTING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED COVERAGE AT BEST LATE DAY. DRIER AIR HAS MADE BETTER PROGRESS THROUGH THIS PART OF THE REGION. NUMEROUS STORMS OVER NAPLES EARLIER MAY END ACTIVITY THERE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. WITH FLOW VEERED FURTHER TONIGHT...PERHAPS THERE WILL EVEN BE LESS ACTIVITY IN THE GULF WATERS. INTO MONDAY...PWATS DROP EVEN FURTHER AND MAKE BETTER PROGRESS TO THE NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES. COULD POTENTIALLY BE THE LEAST ACTIVE IN TERMS OF CONVECTION OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. BY TUESDAY...MOISTURE STARTS TO RETURN ACROSS THE LAKE REGION AS A BOUNDARY ENTERS NORTHERN FLORIDA. THUS...HIGHEST POPS WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER....WITH ENOUGH WESTERLY FLOW TO SUPPRESS THE SEA BREEZE AND POSSIBLY LEAD TO LATE DAY STORMS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST...PERHAPS ONLY TO BROWARD COUNTY. STILL A LITTLE UNCERTAIN IF ENOUGH MOISTURE RETURNS TUESDAY TO ALLOW MORE NUMEROUS STORMS FURTHER SOUTH THAN PALM BEACH COUNTY. BOUNDARY THEN SLOWS AND PERHAPS STALLS THROUGH CENTRAL FLORIDA INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION... EAST COAST SEA BREEZE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP...AND SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE FORECAST TO BEGIN DEVELOPING ACROSS PALM BEACH COUNTY AND NEAR KPBI. MODELS HAVE BACKED OFF ON CONVECTION FORMING FURTHER SOUTH...ESPECIALLY MIAMI-DADE. SO ONLY INCLUDED VCSH AFTER 20Z FOR MIAMI-DADE TAFS. EARLIER RAINFALL AT KAPF HAS DISRUPTED THE SEA BREEZE...AND LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. EVEN DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT...AND THE FORECAST IS FOR NO PRECIP ON MONDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD. && .MARINE... SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS OR LESS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS TODAY THROUGH MONDAY WITH REGIONAL SEAS EXPECTED TO BE 2 FEET OR LESS THROUGH THIS PERIOD. MONDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY PERIODS OF SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE 10 TO 15 KNOT RANGE ARE FORECAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE ATLANTIC WATERS WITH SEAS AROUND 2 FEET. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 77 93 77 91 / 20 30 20 40 FORT LAUDERDALE 80 91 81 91 / 10 20 10 30 MIAMI 79 91 78 90 / 10 30 10 30 NAPLES 79 90 79 90 / 10 20 10 20 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && SHORT TERM...21/KM LONG TERM....60/BD AVIATION...84/AK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 411 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 272015- 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 SUN JUL 27 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF WATERSPOUTS TODAY... ...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON, FOCUSED ACROSS THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION AND TOWARDS THE PALM BEACH COAST. LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE THE PRIMARY RISK IN AND AROUND THE THUNDERSTORMS. WATERSPOUTS: THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF WATERSPOUTS TODAY, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY WITH THE PRIMARY RISK BEING LIGHTNING STRIKES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED STREET FLOODING. .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. GREGORIA
The Miami radar (KAMX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:23 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A man was shocked on a ramp at Atlantic Aviation at Palm Beach International Airport when lightning struck nearby. The man fell to the ground and was taken to the hospital for treatment.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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