An upper level trough of low pressure over the northeast Gulf of Mexico along with a weak surface trough over South Florida caused scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms.
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The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
An upper level trough of low pressure over the northeast Gulf of Mexico along with a weak surface trough over South Florida caused 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 Sep 6, 12:29 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 129 PM EDT SUN SEP 6 2015 .AVIATION... SHOWERS/TSTMS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM ALONG THE ATLANTIC SEA BREEZE AND AFFECT MOST IF NOT ALL EAST COAST TERMINALS THROUGH 21Z-22Z. PERIODS OF MVFR AND EVEN IFR POSSIBLE DEPENDING ON STORM ORGANIZATION, WITH GUSTY WINDS 25 KT OR HIGHER. ACTIVITY MAY SHIFT WEST OF PBI AREA BY 20Z BUT LINGER IN FLL-MIA AREA A FEW HOURS LONGER. ON THE GULF COAST, SEA BREEZE WILL PUSH FAR ENOUGH INLAND TO KEEP SHOWERS/TSTMS AWAY FROM APF, BUT MAY COME BACK TOWARDS THE COAST AFTER 22Z AS OUTFLOW FROM INLAND STORMS SPREAD BACK TO THE WEST. WINDS BECOME SE/S OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SHOWERS/TSTMS OVER THE WATER CLOSE TO THE COAST, THEREFORE ADDED A VCTS AT ALL SITES TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. SE/S FLOW WILL BE THE DOMINANT WIND PATTERN ON MONDAY WITH COASTAL SHOWERS/TSTMS POSSIBLE. /MOLLEDA && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 76 91 77 92 / 40 60 30 40 FORT LAUDERDALE 77 91 79 91 / 30 50 50 40 MIAMI 77 91 78 91 / 30 50 50 40 NAPLES 76 91 77 92 / 30 50 30 40 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && SHORT TERM...88/ALM LONG TERM....88/ALM AVIATION.....59/MOLLEDA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1019 AM EDT SUN SEP 6 2015 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 070000- 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- 1019 AM EDT SUN SEP 6 2015 ...NUMEROUS STORMS INTERIOR AND EAST COAST, SOME STRONG... ...STREET FLOODING POSSIBLE... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING, MAINLY FROM MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD COUNTIES NORTH TO THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE AREA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL COVER MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH FLORIDA, WITH LOWEST COVERAGE ALONG THE GULF COAST OF COLLIER COUNTY. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING, STRONG, GUSTY WINDS, VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL. WIND: SOME STORMS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH, WITH THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR THE STRONGER WIND GUSTS OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD COUNTY METRO AREA AND ACROSS THE EVERGLADES TO NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE. THESE WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES. HAIL: THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL, MAINLY OVER THE INTERIOR TO EASTERN HALF OF SOUTH FLORIDA. FLOODING: SLOW MOVEMENT OF STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF STREET FLOODING, ESPECIALLY OVER METRO SOUTHEAST FLORIDA AND IN THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE AREA. WATERSPOUTS: THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS, BISCAYNE BAY AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH LABOR DAY WILL BE ALONG THE EAST COAST. BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL SHIFT BACK TO THE WESTERN HALF OF SOUTH FLORIDA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER INDIVIDUAL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT WIND DAMAGE, 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. MOLLEDA
The Miami radar (KAMX), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:34 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust of 58 mph was measured at Broward County Emergency Operations Center.
An off-duty NWS employee reported several trees down in the vicinity of Taft Street and NW 96th Avenue.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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