Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 16, 2004

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 16, 2004
Start: 2004-07-16T13:35
End: 2004-07-16T13:35
Location: Florida

July 16, 2004 · NWS MFL · 2 events in 1 county or zone

A SKYWARN spotter saw penny-size hail and trees uprooted along Miramar Parkway. Power was out to 5,800 customers in Broward County.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.

A SKYWARN spotter saw penny-size hail and trees uprooted along Miramar Parkway. Power was out to 5,800 customers in Broward County.

What forecasters said that day

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 Jul 16, 12:45 PM EST, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 12:45 PM EST, 50 minutes before

SOUTH FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
145 PM EDT FRI JUL 16 2004

.DISCUSSION...SURFACE RIDGE STILL SOUTH OF THE CWA AND SHOULD REMAIN
SOUTH THROUGH MID WEEK. AFTER THAT...THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL MOVE
NORTH AGAIN AND BE OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY...AM BUYING THE 50 TO 60 PERCENT POPS THE
GFS IS ADVERTISING OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA EACH
AFTERNOON. A LONG WAVE TROUGH IN THE MID/UPPER LEVELS HAS BEEN
TAKING UP RESIDENCE OVER THE EAST SIDE OF THE COUNTRY WITH A RIDGE
OVER THE WEST. CONVECTION WILL BE ENHANCED LATER TODAY AND EARLY
TONIGHT DUE TO A MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE JUST ABOUT TO MOVE SOUTHEAST
INTO SOUTH FLORIDA. SEVERAL SHORT WAVES WILL BE ROTATING AROUND THE
LONG WAVE AT LEAST THROUGH TUESDAY TO ENCHANCE ACTIVITY EACH
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE GFS SHOWS THE LAST SHORT WAVE
PASSING SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA EARLY WEDNESDAY AND BY NEXT
WEEKEND...MID/UPPER RIDGING WILL BUILD IN TO OUR NORTH...SO FOR THE
LATER PART OF NEXT WEEK WE WILL SEE THE HIGHER POPS SHIFT WESTWARD
AGAIN.
&&

.MARINE...WINDS WILL REMAIN MAINLY SOUTH/SOUTHWEST LESS THAN 10
KNOTS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...THEN SHIFT SE. NO HIGHLIGHTS
EXPECTED.
&&

.FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHT ANTICIPATED.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WEST PALM BEACH 76 93 76 93 / 40 60 40 50
FORT LAUDERDALE 78 91 77 92 / 30 50 30 50
MIAMI           78 92 77 93 / 30 50 30 50
NAPLES          78 90 78 89 / 20 30 20 30
&&

.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
AM...NONE.
GM...NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 3:05 AM EST, 10 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
405 AM EDT FRI JUL 16 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA

FLZ063-066>075-162100-
BROWARD METROPOLITAN-DADE METROPOLITAN-EASTERN COLLIER-GLADES-HENDRY-
MAINLAND MONROE-PALM BEACH EASTERN-PALM BEACH WESTERN-
WESTERN BROWARD-WESTERN COLLIER-WESTERN DADE-
405 AM EDT FRI JUL 16 2004

.DAY ONE...TODAY

...HIGH RISK OF LIGHTNING PALM BEACH COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON...
...MODERATE RISK OF LIGHTNING REST OF EAST AND INTERIOR...
...STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE INTERIOR AND EAST COAST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HEAT INDICES 105 TO 110 MOST AREAS...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE INTERIOR AND EAST
COAST METRO AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL CONTAIN
FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND COULD ALSO BE STRONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50
MPH AND HAIL POSSIBLE. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL
OCCURRED YESTERDAY, AND THIS CANNOT BE RULED OUT FROM OCCURRING AGAIN
THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S ACROSS
INTERIOR AND EASTERN LOCATIONS, COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY, WILL
MAKE IT FEEL AS IF TEMPERATURES WILL BE 105 TO 110.

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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON INTERIOR AND EAST.

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:35 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Broward

When: July 16, 1:35 PM EST
Where: Broward County, Miramar
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 26.000, -80.400

Thunderstorm Wind, Broward

When: July 16, 1:35 PM EST
Where: Broward County, Miramar
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 26.000, -80.400

What these are

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Florida in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Florida, July 2004

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: 5411277, 5411278.