Thunderstorm Wind, Broward
- When
- July 7, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Broward County, Coral Spgs
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 26.267, -80.217
Trees were uprooted by severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
Damaging Wind in Florida, July 7, 2004
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 1
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 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 7, 1:10 PM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 1:10 PM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
SOUTH FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 210 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 .DISCUSSION...SURFACE RIDGE ON TOP OF S FLORIDA THIS AFT OR OVER EXTREME S PENINSULA WITH WEAK STEERING CURRENTS. MESO-ETA SUGGESTING CURRENT CONVECTION FORMING ALONG W CST C-BREEZE NEAR TPA WILL SAG S TO NEAR LAKE OKEE LATE IN THE DAY AND TO ALONG THE EAST COAST BY EARLY EVENING ALTHOUGH PRETTY MUCH WEAKENED BY THAT TIME. THIS SEEMS REASONABLE AS OUTFLOWS ALREADY MOVING S OUT OF THIS SYSTEM SO HAVE ADJUSTED POPS ACCORDINGLY WITH CHANCE OVER THE N ZONES AND SLIGHT CHANCE FARTHER S. MORNING SOUNDING FROM MFL WAS QUITE DRY AND GPS PWAT CONTINUES THIS TREND WITH THE MORE MOIST AIRMASS NEAR THE LAKE. ALTHOUGH THAT IS NOT IMPRESSIVE FOR EARLY JULY WITH STILL UNDER TWO INCHES AND ONLY A LITTLE OVER ONE INCH S PENINSULA AND THE KEYS. MODELS KEEP US WITH THIS AIRMASS THROUGH 24 HOURS BUT WITH RIDGE MOVING BACK N MOST ACTIVITY ON THU SHOULD BE BACK OVER THE NW AND W ZONES. QUITE SUBSTANTIAL HEIGHT FALLS SHOWN OVER THE SE U.S. BY MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AND THUS GFS SHOWS RIDGE MOVING BACK S TO THE KEYS BY WED WITH GOOD SW FLOW OVER S FLA. SINCE WE ARE TALKING JUL HERE FEEL THAT IN TIME IT WILL BACK OFF ON THIS SCENARIO AND DID NOT CHANGE EXTENDED AT THIS TIME INSTEAD KEEPING WEAK SE FLOW ON DAY 7. WILL WAIT FOR CONSISTENCY BEFORE JUMPING ON THIS ONE. && .MARINE...WINDS REMAIN AT 10 KT OR LESS THROUGH THE PERIOD SO SEAS WILL BE QUIET THROUGH MIDWEEK. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS WITH AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 76 90 77 91 / 20 20 - 20 FORT LAUDERDALE 79 90 80 90 / 20 20 - 20 MIAMI 79 92 80 91 / 20 20 - 20 NAPLES 76 91 76 92 / - 40 20 40 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 8:00 AM EST, 8 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 900 AM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA FLZ063-066>068-070-071-072100- EASTERN COLLIER-GLADES-HENDRY-PALM BEACH EASTERN-PALM BEACH WESTERN- WESTERN BROWARD- 900 AM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 .DAY ONE...TODAY ...FEW STRONG STORMS LATE TODAY OVER NORTHERN SOUTH FLORIDA... THE WEST COAST AND EAST COAST SEA BREEZES SHOULD DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND PUSH INLAND WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE SEA BREEZES. WHERE THE SEA BREEZES AND LAKE BREEZES COLLIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING...A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE STRONG STORMS ARE SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING STRIKES...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. 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 TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE TODAY OR THIS EVENING. FLZ072>075-072100- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-DADE METROPOLITAN-MAINLAND MONROE-WESTERN DADE- 900 AM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 .DAY ONE...TODAY ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE INLAND METRO AREAS OF BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES ALONG THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN MOVE INLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS INTO THE EVERGLADES OF SOUTH FLORIDA...AS THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE MOVES INLAND. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND BRIEF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH. 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 TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FLZ069-072100- WESTERN COLLIER- 900 AM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 .DAY ONE...TODAY ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS INLAND WEST COAST METRO AREAS TODAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE INLAND METRO AREAS OF WESTERN COLLIER COUNTY ALONG THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND BRIEF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH. 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 TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:01 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Kansas, July 7, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 7, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 7, 2004
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, July 7, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Montana, July 7, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Maryland, July 7, 2004
- Hail in Nebraska, July 7, 2004
- Hail in Kansas, July 7, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 7, 2004
- Flash Flood in New York, July 7, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, July 7, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 7, 2004
More
Every storm in Florida in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5411263.