A moist and unstable southerly wind flow helped to generate numerous afternoon showers and thunderstorms across southeast Florida.
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The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
A moist and unstable southerly wind flow helped to generate numerous afternoon showers and thunderstorms across southeast 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 8, 9:04 AM EST, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1004 AM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014 .UPDATE... MUCH LESS SHOWER AND STORM ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED THIS MORNING THAN PREVIOUS MORNINGS...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW NORMAL SEA BREEZE DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. THE 12Z SOUNDING SHOWED VERY MOIST CONDITIONS WITH PWATS OVER 2 INCHES. AN OVERLAY OF SIMILAR PAST SOUNDINGS REVEALED THAT STORMS SHOULD BE GARDEN VARIETY...WITH A FEW STRONGER STORMS POSSIBLE. THE FLOW ALOFT TODAY IS FORECAST TO BECOME MORE WEST AND SOUTHWESTERLY...AND STORMS ARE FORECAST TO FORM NEAR THE EAST COAST ON THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE. SO BUMPED UP POPS FOR THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS. THE STRONGER WESTERLY FLOW SHOULD ALLOW THE GULF COAST SEA BREEZE TO PROPAGATE FURTHER INLAND...SO LOWERED POPS THERE. DUE TO THE SLOW STORM MOTION...PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND ISOLATED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. THIS WAS ADDED TO THE HWO THIS MORNING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 749 AM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014/ AVIATION... MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD OUTSIDE OF ANY SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS MORNING AND ANY AFTERNOON CONVECTION. SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUE TO PUSH ASHORE BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES THIS MORNING SO INCLUDED VCSH THROUGH THE MORNING AT ALL EAST COAST SITES EXCEPT KMIA AND KTMB. VCTS IS INCLUDED FOR FLL DUE TO THE PREDOMINANT FETCH OF THE CONVECTION THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE...EASTERLY FLOW SHOULD PREVAIL AT ALL OF THE EAST COAST SITES WITH A GULF BREEZE AT KAPF. VCTS IS INTRODUCED THIS AFTERNOON AT 16Z AT ALL TERMINALS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 91 76 90 76 / 60 20 50 30 FORT LAUDERDALE 90 80 89 80 / 50 20 40 20 MIAMI 90 79 90 79 / 60 20 50 30 NAPLES 90 75 90 75 / 30 20 50 30 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && SHORT TERM...84/AK LONG TERM....84/AK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 958 AM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 090200- 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- 958 AM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014 ...NUMEROUS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS INTERIOR... ...SLIGHT RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC BEACHES. THUNDERSTORMS: NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY THE INTERIOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS, AND POSSIBLE URBAN FLOODING, ESPECIALLY FOR THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS FOR TODAY. WIND: STRONGEST STORMS TODAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ONE OR TWO IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND OVERNIGHT ACTIVITY MAINLY ALONG THE EAST COAST WATERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:12 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A man was struck by lightning when a bolt hit a nearby tree and traveled through the ground, impacting him. He was hospitalized but released by the next day. Time is estimated based on archived lightning data from Earth Systems.
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