1 thunderstorm wind, 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 May 28, 2:30 AM EST, 10 hours 5 minutes earlier.
SOUTH FLORIDA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI 330 AM EDT WED MAY 28 2003 .CURRENT CONDITIONS...COLD FRONT ACROSS N-CENTRAL FL. LOW LVL TROUGH OVER YUCATAN PENINSULA EXTENDING NORTH TO ERN GULFMEX. MID/UPPR LVL TROUGH STILL WEST OF OUR AREA WITH SEVERAL ENERGY IMPULSES MOVING AROUND ITS BASE TOWARD OUR AREA. ONE JUST NE OF YUCATAN PENINSULA ATTM INITIATING CONVECTION OVR ERN GULF. LIGHT RAIN STILL INDICATED OVER NRN PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA INVOF LAKE OKEE AND PALM BEACH COUNTY. .TODAY...COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH TO JUST N OF LAKE OKEE WHILE THE CARIB TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WEST...HOWEVER NRN PORTION OF THIS TROUGH WILL DRAG BEHIND AND REMAIN IN OUR VICINITY THROUGH THE DAY. BOTH SFC BOUNDARY WILL ACT AS FOCUSING MECHANISMS FOR CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON BY ENHANCING LOW LVL CONVERGENCE. VORT MAX (ENERGY IMPULSE) MENTIONED ABOVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE WEST COAST DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND THROUGH THE EAST COAST DURING THE AFTERNOON(AS PER LOCAL ESTIMATION). PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER AND YOU WONT GET A PRETTY PICTURE FOR THE EAST COAST IF EVERYTHING COMES IN PHASE. WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS FOR MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER POPS FOR EXTREME NRN INTERIOR. FLOOD WATCH FOR EAST COAST TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH THE GOOD PART OF THIS AFTERNOON GIVEN THE ABOVE SCENARIO AND RECENT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE AREA. .TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH TO S. FL AND STALL. UPPER TROUGH WILL STILL BE WEST OF US. SO BASICALLY THE ONLY CHANGE IS THAT THE MOISTURE CONNECTION WITH WRN CARIB WILL BE SEVERED AS THE CARIB PERTURBATION MOVES WEST AND THE UPPER TROUGH ACTUALLY SHOW SIGNS OF LIFTING UP SLOWLY NEWD. WE WILL STILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR TSTMS/SHWRS MAINLY INTERIOR SECTIONS/EAST COAST THROUGH THIS PERIOD AS THE FRONT HANGS OVER US. .FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...A SECOND ENERGY IMPULSE ALONG THE UPPER TROUGH WILL BRING A SECOND COLD FRONT OVER S. FL AND PUSH THE FIRST FRONT SOUTH TO THE STRAITS BY SAT. SAT AND THE EARLY PART OF SUN MAY ACTUALLY BE DRY. BUT WAIT...THE TROUGH IS NOT DEAD YET...GFS INDICATES YET ANOTHER FRONT SWEEPING ACROSS SE U.S. AND ACROSS CENTRAL FL SUN NIGHT AND MOVING ACROSS S.FL MON THROUGH TUE GIVING US ANOTHER CHANCE FOR RAIN DURING THE LATER PART OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. .MARINE... WINDS WILL REMAIN BASICALLY LIGHT S/SW THROUGH THU MORNING BUT INCREASING THU AFTERNOON OVR THE ATLC WATERS TO 15 TO 20 KTS. WILL SHIFT BRIEFLY TO W FRI AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES THROUGH...BECOMING SW AGAIN THROUGH SUNDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONT. .FIRE WEATHER... NO PROBLEMS EXPECTED. PBI TT 086/070 088/069 089 4773512 FLL TT 087/071 089/073 090 4773512 MIA TT 086/073 089/073 089 4773512 APF TB 083/073 083/072 084 4752202 .MIA...NONE.
FLZ063-066>075-281600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 500 AM EDT WED MAY 28 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY ...FLOOD WATCH EAST COAST ZONES UNTIL 500 PM... ANOTHER ROUND OF MAINLY AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA AGAIN TODAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL OCCUR AGAIN. SOUTH FLORIDA SOILS ARE VERY SATURATED AND LOCAL FLOODING IN THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL OCCUR BUT ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN PALM BEACH...BROWARD...AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THOUGH. 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...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED DUE TO HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING TODAY.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1124 AM EDT WED MAY 28 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0700 PM OAKLAND PARK FL FLOOD
05/27/03 BROWARD WATER INTO 10 HOMES AROUND
1500 BLOCK OAKLAND PARK
BLVD.
0725 PM MIRAMAR FL FLOOD
05/27/03 BROWARD 1 FOOT OF WATER MIRAMAR
PKWY AND 66TH AVENUE NEAR
NORTH PERRY AIRPORT
0727 PM DANIA BEACH FL FLOOD
05/27/03 BROWARD 2 1/2 FEET OF WATER DANIA
BEACH BLVD--POWER OUTAGE
0800 PM FORT LAUDERDALE FL FLOOD
05/27/03 BROWARD 1/2 FOOT WATER IN
BUILDING--TELEPHONE SERVICE
OUT
0530 PM FORT LAUDERDALE FL WIND DAMAGE
05/27/03 BROWARD POWER LINES DOWN
0530 PM FORT LAUDERDALE FL FUNNEL CLOUD
05/27/03 BROWARD FUNNEL CLOUDY REPORTED BY
MEDIA AT I-95 AND BROWARD
BLVD
WCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1124 AM EDT WED MAY 28 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 PM FORT LAUDERDALE FL WIND DAMAGE
05/27/03 BROWARD POWER LINES DOWN
0530 PM FORT LAUDERDALE FL FUNNEL CLOUD
05/27/03 BROWARD FUNNEL CLOUDY REPORTED BY
MEDIA AT I-95 AND BROWARD
BLVD
0700 PM OAKLAND PARK FL FLOOD
05/27/03 BROWARD WATER INTO 10 HOMES AROUND
1500 BLOCK OAKLAND PARK
BLVD.
0725 PM MIRAMAR FL FLOOD
05/27/03 BROWARD 1 FOOT OF WATER MIRAMAR
PKWY AND 66TH AVENUE NEAR
NORTH PERRY AIRPORT
0727 PM DANIA BEACH FL FLOOD
05/27/03 BROWARD 2 1/2 FEET OF WATER DANIA
BEACH BLVD--POWER OUTAGE
0800 PM FORT LAUDERDALE FL FLOOD
05/27/03 BROWARD 1/2 FOOT WATER IN
BUILDING--TELEPHONE SERVICE
OUT
WCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1124 AM EDT WED MAY 28 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 PM FORT LAUDERDALE FL WIND DAMAGE
05/27/03 BROWARD POWER LINES DOWN
0530 PM FORT LAUDERDALE FL FUNNEL CLOUD
05/27/03 BROWARD FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY
MEDIA AT I-95 AND BROWARD
BLVD
0700 PM OAKLAND PARK FL FLOOD
05/27/03 BROWARD WATER INTO 10 HOMES AROUND
1500 BLOCK OAKLAND PARK
BLVD.
0725 PM MIRAMAR FL FLOOD
05/27/03 BROWARD 1 FOOT OF WATER MIRAMAR
PKWY AND 66TH AVENUE NEAR
NORTH PERRY AIRPORT
0727 PM DANIA BEACH FL FLOOD
05/27/03 BROWARD 2 1/2 FEET OF WATER DANIA
BEACH BLVD--POWER OUTAGE
0800 PM FORT LAUDERDALE FL FLOOD
05/27/03 BROWARD 1/2 FOOT WATER IN
BUILDING--TELEPHONE SERVICE
OUT
WCThe Miami radar (KAMX), 16 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:37 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down between Bird Road and Miller Road.
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, May 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: 5351255.