Severe thunderstorms moved out of the Everglades and into metropolitan sections of Broward County.
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The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms moved out of the Everglades and into metropolitan sections of Broward County.
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 10, 2:04 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 304 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 .DISCUSSION...LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS CONTINUES TO SHOW ATLANTIC RIDGE ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA WITH LOW LEVEL LIGHT EASTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE AREA. UPR AIR ANALYSIS AND WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS UPR LEVEL LOW ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA WITH PLENTY OF AFTERNOON STRONG CONVECTION ACROSS THAT AREA. ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA...LATEST ACARS DATA REVEALS CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS HAVE NOT CHANGED MUCH FROM THIS MORNING AND ALTHOUGH UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE IS NOT AS GOOD AS ONE WOULD LIKE IT FOR STRONG TSTMS...THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD STILL SUPPORT SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH A FEW STRONG MAINLY ALONG THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA AND THE ADJACENT NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. THE MAIN TRIGGERING MECHANISMS SHOULD BE SEA BREEZES AND TSTM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS IT WINDS DOWN. THEN FOR THE SHORT RANGE WHICH COVERS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...UPR LEVEL LOW IS FCST TO REMAIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA AS IT WEAKENS WITH LARGE SCALE RIDGE ALL AROUND THIS WEAKNESS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. PRECIPITABLE WATER OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS WILL NOT CHANGE MUCH BUT GIVEN THIS SCENARIO THE STEERING FLOW WILL WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY. THE RESULT WILL BE SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABOUT EQUAL CHANCES ACROSS MUCH OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. BOUNDARY LAKER FLOW WILL REMAIN EASTERLY SO OVERNIGHT/MORNING COASTAL SHOWERS ALONG EAST COAST ARE STILL POSSIBLE AND ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS. NO SIGNIFICANT DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL TEMPS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...EARLY PART OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD... REMNANTS OF UPR LVL LOW SHOULD BE GONE BY THEN WITH MID AND LOW LEVEL RIDGE PUSHING A BIT OF DRIER AIR DOWN THE PENINSULA WITH RAIN CHANCES DROPPING A BIT BUT STILL LOW END SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ALONG INTERIOR AND WEST COAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SUNDAY MARKS A TRANSITIONS POINT. LATEST GFS AS WELL AS GFS ENSEMBLE CONTINUE TO HINT AN UPR LEVEL THROUGH MOVING INTO THE SOUTHEAST WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHIFTING BACK TOWARDS THE INTERIOR AND EAST COAST BY THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. AGAIN...NO SIGNIFICANT TEMP DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED GIVEN TRANSITIONAL NATURE OF UPPER LEVEL FLOW. && .MARINE...WIND AND SEAS SHOULD REMAIN AT OR BELOW EVEN EXERCISE CAUTION LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD OR NEXT 5 DAYS (LESS THAN 15 KNOTS AND 6 FEET RESPECTIVELY). && .FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS AT THIS TIME AS LOW LEVEL FLOW REMAINS LIGHT AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES NEXT TWO DAYS. OVERNIGHT MIX OF SMOKE AND FOG WILL CONTINUE TO BE AROUND FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS IN AREAS WEST OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 73 89 74 87 / 30 50 30 50 FORT LAUDERDALE 75 88 75 86 / 30 50 30 50 MIAMI 75 89 76 88 / 30 50 30 50 NAPLES 72 90 73 90 / 20 50 20 50 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && LONG TERM...52/PS SHORT TERM/AVIATION...04/AT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 931 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-110300- GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER- INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE- METRO MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH- COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- 931 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TODAY... ...DENSE FOG/SMOKE POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS AND ALONG THE WEST COAST TODAY WITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ALONG THE EAST COAST AND ACROSS INTERIOR LOCATIONS. GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL, HEAVY RAINFALL, AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WHICH WILL BE MOSTLY CONCENTRATED ALONG THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE AND OVER INTERIOR LOCATIONS. WATERSPOUTS: A LIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND AT THE SURFACE WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT MAY COMBINE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TO ALLOW A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR WATERSPOUTS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY. WIND: IF STRONG STORMS DO DEVELOP TODAY, WHICH WOULD MAINLY OCCUR OVER THE EAST COAST AND ACROSS INTERIOR LOCATIONS, WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 40 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE. HAIL: IF STRONG STORMS DO DEVELOP TODAY, WHICH WOULD MAINLY OCCUR OVER THE EAST COAST AND ACROSS INTERIOR LOCATIONS, SMALL HAIL OF DIME SIZE MAY BE POSSIBLE. FLOODING: HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ANY POORLY DRAINED ROADWAY TODAY ACROSS THE EAST COAST METROS. VISIBILITY: DENSE FOG POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SMOKE MAY BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN NEAR THE MUCK FIRE BURNING ALONG WESTERN SHORE OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR AGAIN ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. A MIX OF SMOKE AND NIGHTTIME FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL NIGHTS NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE AFFECTING MAINLY GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN, GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH THE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY HIGH WIND GUST, HAIL, OR POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FLOODING. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI. TINGLER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1028 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1009 AM WATER SPOUT 5 E DANIA BEACH 26.06N 80.06W
06/10/2008 AMZ651 FL TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEOUS REPORTS WERE RECEIVED FROM SPOTTERS, PILOTS, AND
THE PUBLIC OF A WATERSPOUT AROUND 5 MILES EAST OF DANIA
BEACH AND HALLANDALE. THE WATERSPOUT WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
&&
TINGLERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 309 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 FLZ073-101945- INLAND MIAMI-DADE FL- 309 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS WEST MIAMI DADE COUNTY.. AT 307 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MICCOSUKEE RESORT...MOVING NORTH AT 7 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT... AREAS ALONG KROME AVE BETWEEN HIGHWAY 27 AND TAMIAMI AREAS ALONG TAMIAMI WEST OF KROME AVE IN MIAMI DADE COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...DIME-SIZED HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...OR A COMBINATION OF THESE ARE POSSIBLE. LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS OFFER NO PROTECTION. WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. LAT...LON 2590 8066 2592 8040 2573 8043 2574 8066 TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 182DEG 6KT 2581 8046 TINGLER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
340 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008
FLZ071>074-102030-
INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL-METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL-
METROPOLITAN MIAMI DADE FL-INLAND MIAMI-DADE FL-
340 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS MIAMI DADE AND BROWARD COUNTIES...
AT 337 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INTERSECTION KROME AND U.S.
27...MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT...
INTERSECTION KROME AND U.S. 27...
INTERSECTION U.S. 27 PINES BLVD...
AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...OR A COMBINATION OF THESE ARE POSSIBLE.
LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES
AND OPEN SHELTERS OFFER NO PROTECTION. WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH CAN
DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL
OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
LAT...LON 2575 8048 2569 8083 2583 8085 2609 8046
2595 8032
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 207DEG 17KT 2590 8053
TINGLERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
403 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008
FLZ067-068-168-102100-
INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
403 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST PALM BEACH COUNTY...
AT 402 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 9 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT...
SOUTH COUNTY REGIONAL PARK...
BOCA WEST...
BOCA RATON EQUESTRIAN CENTER...
MORIKAMI PARK...
VILLAGES OF ORIOLE...
AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...OR A COMBINATION OF THESE ARE POSSIBLE.
LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES
AND OPEN SHELTERS OFFER NO PROTECTION. WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH CAN
DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL
OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
RESIDENTS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.
LAT...LON 2639 8007 2634 8007 2633 8007 2634 8027
2644 8036 2664 8013 2663 8005 2639 8007
2639 8006
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 239DEG 8KT 2641 8026
BAXTERThe Miami radar (KAMX), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:20 UTC.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe thunderstorms formed over the Everglades and moved into western suburbs of Fort Lauderdale. Spotters reported hail up to penny size in the City of Weston along with wind gusts of 50 to 60 MPH.
The severe thunderstorm that produced hail and high wind reports in Weston continued northeast producing hail the size of quarters at Heron Bay golf course in Parkland.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 2008
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: 109098, 109099.