A weak pressure gradient along with a moist and unstable airmass resulted in scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms.
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A weak pressure gradient along with a moist and unstable airmass resulted in scattered afternoon 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 Jun 5, 3:03 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 403 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2015 .DISCUSSION... BROAD TROUGHING CONTINUES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES WITH THE DEEPEST TROPICAL MOISTURE AND SYNOPTIC-SCALE LIFT DISPLACED JUST TO OUR EAST. A DECENT AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER TODAY HAS LIMITED INSTABILITY...AND WE AGAIN ARE NOT SEEING TSTORMS GAINING STRENGTH/HEIGHT. THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL BE ONE OF SUFFICIENT MOISTURE/INSTABILITY FOR THE EXPECTATION OF SEA BREEZE CONVECTION FORMING EACH DAY. THE LOW LEVEL STEERING FLOW WILL BE EASTERLY...AND THIS WILL FOCUS TSTORMS OVER THE INTERIOR. HAVE TRENDED THE POPS SLIGHTLY LOWER ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BECAUSE OF THIS...SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE BLENDED GUIDANCE. AS WE LOOK AHEAD FOR THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK. MODEL CONSENSUS SHOWS RIDGING BUILDING ACROSS FLORIDA...WHILE A TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. MODELS SHOW A TIGHT MOISTURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THESE FEATURES...AND WHERE THIS SETS UP WILL BE A BIG PLAYER. THE MODEL CONSENSUS IS FOR THE MOISTURE GRADIENT TO BE JUST TO OUR WEST...WITH SOUTH FL ON THE DRY SIDE AS DRIER AIR MOVES AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE ATLANTIC HIGH. THE DEGREE OF DRYING THOUGH IS UNCERTAIN...WITH THE ECMWF MUCH DRIER (SHOWING LATE WEEK PWATS DOWN TO AROUND 1.20 INCHES.) THIS WOULD RESULT IN ONLY ISOLATED TSTORMS DEVELOPING EACH DAY MID-LATE NEXT WEEK INTERIOR-GULF COAST. POSSIBLY EVEN NO CONVECTION ATLANTIC COAST FOR DAYS IF ECMWF VERIFIES. SO FAR A RATHER NON-EVENTFUL START TO THE RAINY SEASON WITH RAINFALL DEFICITS LIKELY TO INCREASE THROUGH NEXT WEEK. /GREGORIA && .MARINE...WIND FLOW REMAINS GENERALLY 10 KT OR LESS THROUGH MID WEEK WITH CORRESPONDINGLY LOW SEAS OF LESS THAN 4 FT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 74 87 74 88 / 20 50 20 30 FORT LAUDERDALE 76 87 75 87 / 20 50 20 30 MIAMI 76 88 76 88 / 20 50 20 30 NAPLES 74 88 73 89 / 40 50 40 50 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 822 AM EDT FRI JUN 5 2015 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 060030- 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- 822 AM EDT FRI JUN 5 2015 ...THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON, MAINLY INTERIOR... ...SLIGHT CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS ATLANTIC AND GULF WATERS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON WITH SLOW AND ERRATIC MOVEMENT. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. WIND: A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 40-50 MPH. FLOODING: HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS TODAY, WHICH COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED STREET FLOODING IN URBAN LOCATIONS. VISIBILITY: A COMBINATION OF SMOKE AND/OR PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE MUD LAKE FIRE COMPLEX AND ADJACENT ROADWAYS, MAINLY DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES ALONG BOTH COASTS. WATERSPOUTS: THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS THROUGH THE ATLANTIC AND GULF WATERS, WITH CONVERGENT LINES OF SHOWERS PRESENT AND WEAK LOW LEVEL SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT NEEDED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
116 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2015
FLZ174-051800-
FAR SOUTH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL-
116 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE
LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...45 TO 55 MPH WINDS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF
FUNNEL CLOUDS FOR SOUTHWESTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM EDT...
* AT 114 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
WITH ROTATION...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A FUNNEL CLOUD 8 MILES SOUTH
OF EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF JEWFISH
CREEK BRIDGE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. STORMS NEARBY PRODUCED A
WATERSPOUT JUST NORTH OF JEWFISH CREEK EARLIER.
* IN ADDITION...FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM 45
TO 55 MPH...SMALL HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...OR A COMBINATION OF
THESE ARE POSSIBLE. LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED
KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS OFFER NO PROTECTION.
THESE WINDS CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW
AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING
UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK.
LAT...LON 2517 8078 2533 8070 2536 8062 2539 8049
2529 8040 2526 8040 2524 8043 2522 8054
2524 8054 2521 8057 2522 8057 2524 8055
2524 8057 2521 8060 2520 8058 2520 8062
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 036DEG 5KT 2528 8056SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 408 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2015 FLZ073-052030- INLAND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL- 408 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING FOR INLAND SECTIONS ACROSS NORTHWESTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM EDT... * AT 407 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MICCOSUKEE RESORT...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MIRAMAR...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. * THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING. LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS FOUND IN PARKS...ON BEACHES OR GOLF COURSES OFFER NO PROTECTION FROM THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MICCOSUKEE RESORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO STREET FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 2594 8054 2578 8044 2562 8066 2585 8081 TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 059DEG 10KT 2583 8057 PS
The Miami radar (KAMX), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:09 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Penny size hail was reported at the intersection of Radio Rd. and Santa Barbara Blvd. via social media.
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