Florida, 2006Tornado in Florida, June 20, 2006
June 20, 2006 · NWS MFL · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- 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 Jun 20, 12:46 PM EST, 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 12:46 PM EST, 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
146 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006
.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE TAKING UP RESIDENCE NEAR 31N THROUGH
THE FCST PERIOD. A WEAK INVERTED TROUGH OR TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE WEST
INTO SOUTH FLORIDA FROM THE BAHAMAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
AND ANOTHER STRONGER ONE THROUGH THE CWA ON SUNDAY. CONVECTION
WILL BE ENHANCED (NUMEROUS INTERIOR) AND MORE OF IT THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY TO THE EAST OF THE FIRST TROUGH. WILL NOT TREND UP POPS FOR
SUNDAY SINCE IT MAY BE TOO SOON. THERE WILL BE AN ABSENCE OF ANY
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK SO
MID LEVEL TEMPS WILL BE COOL ENOUGH FOR AT LEAST SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS INTERIOR AND WEST.
&&
.MARINE...WINDS WILL BE UNDER 15 KNOTS SO SEAS WILL BE MAINLY 3
FEET OR LESS. THIS WILL MAKE FOR GOOD BOATING WEATHER.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...MINIMUM RHS WILL MAINLY BE GREATER THAN 45
PERCENT EVERY AFTERNOON SO NO CONCERNS HERE.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WEST PALM BEACH 77 89 78 89 / 20 30 20 40
FORT LAUDERDALE 78 90 79 89 / 20 30 20 40
MIAMI 79 90 79 89 / 20 30 20 40
NAPLES 74 91 75 91 / 20 30 20 40
&&
.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
AM...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 4:18 AM EST, 9 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
518 AM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006
FLZ063-066>075-210930-
GLADES-HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN-PALM BEACH EASTERN-
WESTERN COLLIER-EASTERN COLLIER-WESTERN BROWARD-
BROWARD METROPOLITAN-WESTERN DADE-DADE METROPOLITAN-
MAINLAND MONROE-
518 AM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006
...A FEW STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE INTERIOR AND GULF COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THUNDERSTORMS: STRONG HEATING AND SEA BREEZE CONVERGENCE THIS AFTERNOON
WILL ALLOW FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE AREA, MOST NUMEROUS
AND STRONGEST OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. THE STORMS WILL
MOVE TOWARDS THE GULF COAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS.
WIND: THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 50 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
HAIL: THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD CONTAIN HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
FLOODING: A FEW STORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH COULD CAUSE
MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA EACH
DAY, FAVORING INTERIOR AND GULF COASTAL LOCATIONS EACH AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.MIAMIWEATHER.INFO.
DG
Tornado, Palm Beach
- When
- June 20, 1:28 PM EST
- Where
- Palm Beach County, 2 mi S of South Bay
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 26.630, -80.717
Tornado spotted by law enforcement in a field near the 800 block of U.S. Highway 27 near South Bay. No damage was reported.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Heat in Oklahoma, June 20, 20061 death · 1 event
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 20, 2006$365,000 · F1 · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 20, 2006$140,000 · 50 kt wind · 13 events
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 20, 2006$130,000 · 61 kt wind · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 20, 2006$110,000 · 1.75 in hail · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Rhode Island, June 20, 2006$80,000 · 50 kt wind · 4 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Iowa, June 20, 2006$45,000 · 57 kt wind · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 20, 2006$27,000 · 2 in hail · 12 events
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 20, 2006$40,000 · 65 kt wind · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maine, June 20, 20061.25 in hail · 29 events
- Flash Flood in Texas, June 20, 2006$25,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, June 20, 20061.75 in hail · 20 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: 5510978.