1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Aug 3, 12:55 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 155 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2005 .DISCUSSION...WIND FLOW EXTREMELY LIGHT ALOFT TODAY. 12Z SOUNDING SHOWED NO STORM MOTION TODAY. THUS...THE LOCATION OF STORMS FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING WILL DEPEND ON THE SEABREEZE. GULF BREEZE HAS GOTTEN A BIT OF A HEADSTART AS THE ONLY WIND OUT THERE AT THE SURFACE IS LIGHT WESTERLY. THUS THE GULF BEACHES MAY BE SPARED THE STORMS MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE. RIDGE TRIES TO BUILD TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE LOCAL AREA...BUT WIND FLOW AT ALL LEVELS SHOULD REMAIN VERY LIGHT. THUS...MORE OF A STATUS QUO FORECAST THAN ANYTHING ELSE. MOS OUTPUT KEEPS TEMPS PERHAPS A LITTLE ON THE COOL SIDE...AS HAS BEEN THE TREND OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. SO THIS FORECAST REMAINS EITHER AT OR JUST ABOVE GUIDANCE. EXPECT SCATTERED AFTERNOON STORMS EACH DAY...AND PERHAPS THE OVERNIGHT CONVECTION IN THE ATLANTIC AND EAST COAST. HARVEY NOW OUT IN THE OPEN ATLANTIC AND MOVING AWAY FROM SOUTH FLORIDA AND SEVERAL OF THE EXTENDED MODELS SHOWING SOME POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT FAR OUT IN THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC LATE IN THE FORECAST PERIOD. PERHAPS AFTER A BRIEF BREAK IN THE TROPICAL ACTIVITY...THINGS MIGHT BE ABOUT TO GET ACTIVE AGAIN. WELL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE...BUT WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO THE HEART OF HURRICANE SEASON. && .MARINE...GENERALLY GENTLE BREEZES THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. ABOUT THE ONLY BOATING ISSUE WILL BE AFTERNOON STORMS...AND NOCTURNAL ATLANTIC ACTIVITY. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 79 92 79 91 / 10 30 10 30 FORT LAUDERDALE 80 91 80 90 / 10 20 10 20 MIAMI 80 93 80 92 / 10 30 10 30 NAPLES 76 91 76 92 / 10 30 10 40 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && HANDEL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1100 AM EDT WED AUG 3 2005 FLZ063-066>075-041500- GLADES-HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN-PALM BEACH EASTERN- WESTERN COLLIER-EASTERN COLLIER-WESTERN BROWARD- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-WESTERN DADE-DADE METROPOLITAN- MAINLAND MONROE- 1049 AM EDT WED AUG 3 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON TODAY. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR ALONG THE SEABREEZE BOUNDARIES NEAR COASTAL AREAS. THE STORMS WILL THEN DRIFT SLOWLY INLAND OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL, HOWEVER, THE GREATEST CONCERN FROM STORMS TODAY IS FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.MIAMIWEATHER.INFO.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
325 PM EDT WED AUG 03 2005
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0320 PM WATER SPOUT 5 NE CLEWISTON 26.80N 80.88W
08/03/2005 AMZ610 FL PUBLIC
MOVING TOWARD PAHOKEE
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GRThe Miami radar (KAMX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:38 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A videographer for the Miami Dolphins was working on a tower at the practice facility when lightning struck and shocked him. He was transported to the hospital but released. The practice facility was equipped with a lightning detection network, but apparently no alarm was sounded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, August 2005
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: 5470107.