Wildfire in Florida, July 7 to 13, 2004

Name: Wildfire in Florida, July 7 to 13, 2004
Start: 2004-07-07T15:00
End: 2004-07-13T15:00
Location: Florida

July 7 to 13, 2004 · NWS MFL · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 1:10 PM EST, 1 hour 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, 7 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.

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Coastal Dade

When: July 7, 3:00 PM EST to July 13, 3:00 PM EST
Where: Coastal Dade forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 25.609, -80.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A lightning-initiated wildfire burned 10,000 acres mostly in an area between the Homestead Extension of the Florida Turnpike and Krome Avenue. Smoke from the fire closed down portions of both roads for hours at a time and one person was killed in a vehicle crash likely caused by the restricted visibility. A local health alert was issued for persons mainly in the Doral area.

What these are

Wildfire: A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.

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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: 5411264.