Florida, 2004Damaging Wind in Florida, June 29, 2004
June 29, 2004 · NWS MFL · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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 Jun 29, 12:15 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 12:15 PM EST, 0 minutes before
SOUTH FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
115 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 2004
.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON OVER THE NORTHERN INTERIOR REGIONS OF THE CWA ALONG THE
WEAK SURFACE TROUGH BOUNDARY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
MOVE TO THE WEST AND DEVELOP SOUTHWARD INTO THE EVERGLADES OF SOUTH
FLORIDA THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON.
THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE SHOULD ALSO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON
BUT REMAIN NEAR THE COAST...AS THE DOMINATE FLOW IS FROM THE EAST.
SO THE WEST COAST REGION AND THE WESTERN INTERIOR REGION SHOULD SEE
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF
THE STORMS COULD ALSO BECOME STRONG LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY
THIS EVENING AS THE MID LEVEL IS STILL COOL WITH 500 MBS AROUND -9C.
THE PRIMARY THREAT IS SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD THEN COME TO AN END
LATE THIS EVENING OR EARLY TONIGHT AS THE HEATING OF THE DAY IS
LOST.
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHEAST US WILL HELP TO PUSH THE
UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE EASTERN GULF WATERS INTO THE THE WESTERN
CARIBBEAN SEA TONIGHT. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL THEN REMAIN
NEARLY STATIONARY ON WEDNESDAY OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. THIS
WILL ALLOW THE WEAK TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS TO MOVE
THROUGH THE FLORIDA KEYS ON WEDNESDAY. BUT THE NORTHERN END OF THE
WEAK TROPICAL WAVE COULD STILL AFFECT SOUTH FLORIDA ON WEDNESDAY
WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
SO PLAN ON LOWERING THE POPS TONIGHT TO ISOLATED FOR THE EAST COAST
AND TO REMOVE THE LATE NIGHT POPS OR THE INTERIOR AND WEST
COAST...AS THERE SHOULD BE SOME DRIER AIR WORKING INTO THE CWA
TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE TROPICAL WAVE. FOR WEDNESDAY...PLAN ON LOWERING
THE POPS TO SCATTERED CONDITIONS...AND TO RAISE THE HIGH TEMPS A
LITTLE AS THERE SHOULD BE MORE SUNSHINE.
.EXTENDED FORECAST...ONCE THE WEAK TROPICAL WAVE MOVES WEST OF SOUTH
FLORIDA WEDNESDAY NIGHT...HIGH PRESSURE IN ALL LEVEL SHOULD REBUILD
INTO NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA LATE THIS WEEK AND INTO THE HOLIDAY
WEEKEND. THIS WILL ALLOW SOUTH FLORIDA TO GET BACK TO A TYPICAL
SUMMER PATTERN FOR THE END OF THE WEEK INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND WITH
LATE NIGHT AND MORNING ACTIVITY EAST COAST...AND AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACTIVITY FOR THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST.
FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK...THE LONG RANGE GFS MODELS ARE TRYING TO PUSH
THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA DOWN TO ROUND THE
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AREA...AND PUSHED THE NEXT TROPICAL WAVE IN THE
EASTERN ATLANTIC WATERS SOUTH OF THE CWA. SO THAT THIS TIME PLAN ON
KEEPING THE TYPICAL SUMMER PATTERN GOING FOR SOUTH FLORIDA FOR EARLY
NEXT WEEK UNTIL THE GFS MODELS LOCKS INTO MORE OF SOLUTION ON WHAT
TO DO WITH THE HIGH AND THE EASTERN ATLANTIC TROPICAL WAVE.
&&
.MARINE...THE WINDS SHOULD REMAIN OVER OF THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST
DIRECTION THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND WITH WINDS OF LESS THAN 15
KNOTS. THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THE SPEED IS ON WEDNESDAY WHERE THE
WINDS WILL BE AROUND 15 KNOTS FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS...AS THE
NORTHERN PORTION OF THE WEAK TROPICAL WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE CWA
WATERS.
SEAS WILL BE AROUND 2 TO 3 FEET THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK AND
INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...EXCEPT 3 TO 5 FEET FOR WEDNESDAY IN THE
ATLANTIC WATERS. A SCEC MAYBE NEEDED FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS
ON WEDNESDAY IF THE WINDS OR SEAS INCREASE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN
WHAT IS FORECASTED.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WEST PALM BEACH 78 90 78 91 / 20 30 20 30
FORT LAUDERDALE 80 88 80 89 / 20 30 20 30
MIAMI 79 89 79 90 / 20 30 20 30
NAPLES 73 90 74 91 / 40 50 40 50
&&
.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
AM...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&
BAXTER
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 10:05 AM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1105 AM EDT TUE JUN 29 2004
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
FLZ063-066>075-292200-
BROWARD METROPOLITAN-DADE METROPOLITAN-EASTERN COLLIER-GLADES-HENDRY-
MAINLAND MONROE-PALM BEACH EASTERN-PALM BEACH WESTERN-
WESTERN BROWARD-WESTERN COLLIER-WESTERN DADE-
1105 AM EDT TUE JUN 29 2004
.DAY ONE...TODAY
...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY SOUTHEAST BEACHES...
...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...
A MODERATE EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW TODAY WILL RESULT IN A MODERATE
RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE BEACHES OF BROWARD AND
MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE
AROUND THE TIME OF LOW TIDE WHICH OCCURS AT 1210 PM THIS AFTERNOON AT
MIAMI HARBOR ENTRANCE.
IN ADDITION...A THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO...A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH MOVING
ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA...AND AFTERNOON SEA BREEZES WILL RESULT IN
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS
INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
THESE STORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ALONG THE EAST COAST AND COULD OCCUR
AT ANY TIME. DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...THE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BECOME NUMEROUS OVER THE INTERIOR PORTIONS AND ALONG THE
SOUTHWEST COAST. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE FREQUENT
LIGHTNING STRIKES...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS
OF 35 MPH.
NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
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.
PS
Thunderstorm Wind, Hendry
- When
- June 29, 12:15 PM EST
- Where
- Hendry County, La Belle
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 26.750, -81.433
A severe thunderstorm blew down numerous trees and power lines in downtown La Belle.
- 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.
- High Surf in Guam, June 29, 20045 deaths · 1 event
- Dense Fog in California, June 29, 200410 injured · $75,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, June 29, 2004$500,000 · 1 event
- Tornado in Texas, June 29, 2004$80,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 29, 2004$40,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 29 to 30, 2004$25,000 · 4 events
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 29, 2004$15,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 29, 2004$15,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 29, 20049 events
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 29, 20049 events
- Lightning Strike in Montana, June 29, 20041 injured · $10,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Carolina, June 29 to 30, 200460 kt wind · 8 events
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: 5407166.