Hail, Broward
- When
- June 18, 2:10 PM EST
- Where
- Broward County, 1.57 mi ESE of Miramar
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 25.994, -80.376
Public reported penny size hail near Memorial West Hospital in Miramar.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 18, 2009
A very unstable atmosphere were conducive for the formation of strong afternoon thunderstorms over interior sections of south Florida.
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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 happened
The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
A very unstable atmosphere were conducive for the formation of strong afternoon thunderstorms over interior sections of south Florida.
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 18, 1:17 PM EST, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 1:17 PM EST, 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
217 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR GLADES...HENDRY AND COLLIER TIL 7 PM...
.DISCUSSION...MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA CONTINUES TO BE UNDER A
NORTHEAST FLOW ALOFT BETWEEN A LARGE M/U LVL HIGH OVER NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEX AND A DEEPENING TROUGH OVER THE ATLANTIC/NRN BAHAMAS.
.TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ARE EXPECTED ON THE
CURRENT SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS. MODERATE SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS UPPER RIDGE WILL TEND TO LIMIT SHWRS/TSTMS. THE DRIVING
FACTORS WL CONTINUE TO BE SEA/LAKE BREEZES CONVERGENCE AND DIURNAL
HEATING. WHILE THE NORTHEASTERLY WINDS ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO
STEER THE STORMS TOWARD INTERIOR/WESTERN AREAS. WL INDICATE
HIGHEST POPS OVER INTERIOR AND WEST COAST AREAS WITH ISOLATED POPS
EAST COAST. IN ADDITION...THE SUBSIDENCE AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE
WILL RESULT IN RATHER HOT CONDITIONS WITH MAX AFTERNOON TEMPS
REACHING THE UPPER 90S BOTH DAYS.
.MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WILL DEFINITELY TAKE
PLACE DURING THIS PERIOD AS THE UPPER RIDGE RETROGRADES WEST AND
A MID/UPPER LVL MID-LATITUDE TROUGH/LOW DIGS SOUTHWEST ALONG THE
EASTERN SEA BOARD TO THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. THIS TROUGH WILL, NO
ONLY PUSH A BOUNDARY SOUTH ALONG THE PENINSULA TOWARD MAINLAND
SOUTH FLORIDA, BUT WILL DESTABILIZE THE LOCAL ATMOSPHERE. THE
STEERING FLOW WILL ALSO CHANGE TO THE WEST-SOUTHWEST AND THIS WILL
PUT THE EASTERN ZONES AGAIN IN WETTER CONDITIONS.
&&
.MARINE...A LIGHT TO FRESH FLOW SHOULD CONTINUE OVER ALL THE LOCAL
WATERS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. EXPECT SEAS TO BE MOSTLY AOB 2 FEET. OF
COURSE, BOTH SEAS AND WINDS WILL BE HIGHER IN ANY THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY. SFC WINDS WILL BECOME MORE WEST-SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE
TO NEAR 15 KNOTS WITH A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN SEAS.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS AT THIS TIME.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WEST PALM BEACH 75 91 75 91 / 10 20 10 20
FORT LAUDERDALE 77 90 76 90 / 10 20 10 20
MIAMI 78 92 79 91 / 10 20 10 20
NAPLES 75 91 75 90 / 20 30 20 30
&&
.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR FLZ063-
FLZ066-FLZ069-FLZ070.
AM...NONE.
GM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GMZ656.
&&
LONG TERM/MARINE/FIRE...47/RGH
SHORT TERM/AVIATION...54/BNBHazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 11:10 AM EST, 3 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1210 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-190100- 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- 1210 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 463 UNTIL 7 PM EDT WESTERN INTERIOR/WEST COAST... ...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST AFTERNOON INTO EVENING... ...SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS ALL AREAS EXCEPT EAST COAST... ...HEAT INDICES TO 105 INTERIOR AND NORTHWEST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING MAINLY OVER ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE EAST COAST WHERE THEY WILL BE ISOLATED. FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES, LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL, HAIL, AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER, MOVE INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED BY. WIND: THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE WINDS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR AND WEST COAST METRO AREAS. HAIL: HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE IN DIAMETER OVER MOST OF INLAND SOUTH FLORIDA UP TO PENNY SIZE IN DIAMETER MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR AND WEST COAST METRO AREAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. FLOODING: URBAN FLOODING MAY BECOME A PROBLEM WITH STORMS MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES: TEMPERATURES WILL GET UP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S OVER THE INTERIOR AND NORTHWEST AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL MAKE THE HEAT INDEX READINGS CLIMB NEAR THE 105 DEGREE MARK THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE INTERIOR AND NORTHWEST AREAS. PEOPLE NEED TO LIMIT OUTSIDE ACTIVITY OVER THESE AREAS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DAILY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. LIGHTNING STRIKES, LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THIS ACTIVITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED FOR THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST METRO AREAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI. BAXTER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 12:20 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
120 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009
FLZ073-074-173-181800-
METROPOLITAN MIAMI DADE FL-INLAND MIAMI-DADE FL-COASTAL MIAMI-
DADE COUNTY FL-
120 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS METRO CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...
AT 119 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SWEETWATER...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT...
CORAL WAY VILLAGE...
SWEETWATER...
FIU SOUTH CAMPUS...
WESTWOOD LAKES...
THE FALLS...
PALMETTO BAY...
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 2573 8022 2572 8024 2570 8024 2556 8035
2577 8060 2588 8034 2575 8020
TIME...MOT...LOC 1720Z 055DEG 10KT 2577 8035
BAXTERSpecial weather statement, Jun 18, 12:49 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 149 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 FLZ073-074-173-181845- METROPOLITAN MIAMI DADE FL-INLAND MIAMI-DADE FL-COASTAL MIAMI- DADE COUNTY FL- 149 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL METRO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY... AT 148 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE HAMMOCKS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT... WEST KENDALL... THE HAMMOCKS... INTERSECTION KROME AND KENDALL DRIVE... COUNTRY WALK... INLIKITA... AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. 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 2548 8049 2565 8065 2581 8041 2568 8028 TIME...MOT...LOC 1749Z 045DEG 10KT 2568 8043 BAXTER
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:38 PM EST, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 238 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 FLZ071>074-181915- INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL-METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL- METROPOLITAN MIAMI DADE FL-INLAND MIAMI-DADE FL- 238 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL BROWARD AND NORTH CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES... AT 237 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MIRAMAR...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT... WEST MIRAMAR... INTERSECTION U.S. 27 PINES BLVD... PENNSUCO... INTERSECTION KROME AND U.S. 27... 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 2579 8043 2594 8063 2607 8042 2599 8026 TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 048DEG 9KT 2597 8039 BAXTER
Local storm report, Jun 18, 1:43 PM EST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
243 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0147 PM TSTM WND GST KENDALL 25.68N 80.32W
06/18/2009 M52.00 MPH MIAMI-DADE FL MESONET
MESONET REPORTED 52 MPH WIND GUST AT 3601 SW 147TH AVE,
WEST KENDALL
&&
RIVERASpecial weather statement, Jun 18, 1:46 PM EST, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 246 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 FLZ073-075-181930- MAINLAND MONROE FL-INLAND MIAMI-DADE FL- 246 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS FAR WESTERN MIAMI-DADE AND EASTERN MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES... AT 245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHARK VALLEY OBS TOWER... MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT... SHARK VALLEY OBS TOWER... 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 2542 8086 2569 8101 2573 8073 2558 8060 TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 065DEG 13KT 2563 8073 BAXTER
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:51 PM EST, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 251 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 FLZ067-071>074-181930- INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL- METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL-METROPOLITAN MIAMI DADE FL-INLAND MIAMI- DADE FL- 251 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL BROWARD AND NORTH CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES... AT 249 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CORAL SPRINGS TO INTERSECTION KROME AND U.S. 27...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT... WESTON... MARKHAM PARK... WESTERN MIRAMAR... WESTERN PEMBROKE PINES... INTERSECTION KROME AND U.S. 27... INTERSECTION U.S. 27 PINES BLVD... INTERSECTION I-75 AND U.S. 27... 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 THESE STORMS 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 2583 8036 2576 8062 2633 8056 2634 8029 TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 048DEG 7KT 2631 8033 2592 8044 BAXTER
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:08 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Broward
- When
- June 18, 2:10 PM EST
- Where
- Broward County, 1.59 mi ESE of Miramar
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 25.993, -80.376
Public estimated 60 mph wind gusts near Memorial West Hospital in Miramar.
Thunderstorm Wind, Glades
- When
- June 18, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Glades County, 8.74 mi NNE of Lakeport
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 27.080, -81.060
Public reported 60 mph wind gust at the Brighton Seminole reservation campground.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 18, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 18, 2009
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Minnesota, June 18 to 19, 2009
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, June 18 to 19, 2009
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 18, 2009
More
Every storm in Florida in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 2009
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: 181078, 181079, 181080.