Florida, 2006

Tornado 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.

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

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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 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.
&&

18
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

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:27 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

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.

What these are

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.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5510978.