1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 3, 1:55 PM EST, 55 minutes earlier.
SOUTH FLORIDA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI 255 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2003 SUMMERTIME PATTERN ESTABLISHED ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH AT LEAST THE WEEKEND. UPPER RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA NEXT 48 HOURS AS SURFACE RIDGE SETTLES IN AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE LATITUDE. FORECAST PROBLEM WILL BE TIMING AND LOCATION OF CONVECTION EACH DAY. VERY SUBTLE CHANGES IN CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS COMBINED WITH EXACT POSITIONING OF LOW-LEVEL RIDGE WILL DETERMINE POPS EACH PERIOD. MOS POP GUIDANCE VARYING QUITE A BIT AGAIN THIS RUN. THEREFORE...WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE...INSTABILITY AND SEABREEZES AROUND TO SUPPORT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS/STORMS...FORECAST POPS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BASED ON STEERING FLOW PATTERN. LOW-LEVEL SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND DRAG A FEW MARINE SHOWERS/STORMS INTO THE EASTERN METRO AREAS. ACTIVITY WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED DURING THE MORNING HOURS THEN TAPER OFF IN THE AFTERNOON. STORMS WILL BE LIKELY INTERIOR AND WEST ZONES BY AFTERNOON. SIMILAR SCENARIO WILL PLAY OUT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...ONLY WITH UPPER RIDGE STRENGTHENING...WILL CUT BACK POPS A TAD. ONLY OTHER FLY IN THE OINTMENT IS WEAK WAVE MOVING WEST APPROACHING 75W TURKS TO EAST CUBA. ALTHOUGH VERY WEAK...ETA APPEARS TO LATCH ONTO THIS FEATURE TURNING IT NORTHWEST BENEATH THE FLOW OF THE RIDGE AND EVENTUALLY BRINGING IT OVER SOUTH FLORIDA THURSDAY OR FRIDAY. THIS SCENARIO COULD LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN SHOWER ACTIVITY OVER SOUTH FLORIDA...WILL NEED TO WATCH. AM NOT ACCEPTING GFS SOLUTION OF DEEPENING SURFACE LOW OVER NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WHICH SHOVES RIDGE BACK EAST AND SOUTH AND VEERS SURFACE WINDS TO SOUTH/SOUTHWEST OVER SOUTH FLORIDA. WILL MAINTAIN SOUTHEAST FLOW THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. NO CHANGE TO THE EXTENDED PERIODS AND FORECASTS WILL CONTINUE TO FEATURE NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS. ALL MODELS BRING SOUTHEAST FLOW UP TO ABOUT 15 KNOTS EAST COAST TONIGHT AND OBSERVATIONAL TRENDS SUPPORT THIS. WINDS SHOULD COME BACK DOWN TO THE 10 TO 15 KNOT RANGE WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE... SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL PERSIST AT MOSTLY LESS THAN 15 KNOTS THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HIGHLIGHTS. NO PROBLEMS FOR FIRE WEATHER. PBI BB 077/088 076/089 075 24232 FLL BB 078/088 078/089 077 24232 MIA BB 078/089 078/090 077 24232 APF TT 076/089 074/089 075 24163 .MIA...NONE.
FLZ063-066>075-031600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 530 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY ...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... AMPLE TROPICAL MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE AREA. THE STEERING FLOW HAS BECOME VERY LIGHT SOUTHERLY AND THUS THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONLY DRIFT TO THE NORTH. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT OF FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. DUE TO THE EXPECTED SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY...THE ANTICIPATED HEAVY RAINS MAY RESULT IN SOME URBAN STREET FLOODING ESPECIALLY OVER THE METROPOLITAN EAST COAST. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND DETAILED GRAPHICS CAN BE FOUND ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT MIAMIWEATHER.INFO. FOR INFORMATION IN SPANISH, VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT ELTIEMPOENMIAMI.INFO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:50 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 21-year old male was seriously injured by lightning as he stood in his sister's backyard while visiting from New York. The lightning struck the ground and flashed off of swing set to the victim. The thunderstorm "had just rolled in".
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 2003
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: 5359528.