Funnel Cloud, Miami-Dade
- When
- August 8, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Miami-Dade County, Westchester
- Coordinates
- 25.609, -80.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
sighted 5nm nw of ktmb.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 8, 1997
3 funnel cloud, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:56 UTC.
Event by event
3 funnel cloud, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Broward
- When
- August 8, 2:55 PM EST
- Where
- Broward County, Plantation
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.080, -80.200
peters rd/university drive...street flooding also reported
Funnel Cloud, Miami-Dade
- When
- August 8, 3:05 PM EST
- Where
- Miami-Dade County, Florida City
- Coordinates
- 25.609, -80.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
numerous reports of funnel clouds about 2nm s of florida city. one report of six different funnels.
Thunderstorm Wind, Miami-Dade
- When
- August 8, 3:15 PM EST
- Where
- Miami-Dade County, (Hst)homestead Afb
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 25.480, -80.380
trailer blown over...power outage.
Funnel Cloud, Miami-Dade
- When
- August 8, 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Miami-Dade County, Kendall
- Coordinates
- 25.609, -80.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
funnel cloud spotted 6nm s of ktmb.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in California, August 8 to 16, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Nevada, August 8, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 8, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 8, 1997
- Funnel Clouds and Waterspout in Texas, August 8 to 29, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 8, 1997
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Texas, August 8 to 9, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 8, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Texas, August 8 to 9, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, August 8, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, August 8, 1997
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5619015, 5619016, 5619017, 5619018, 5619019.