Thunderstorms developed along the east coast sea breeze during the afternoon hours, resulting in numerous lightning strikes across the area.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed along the east coast sea breeze during the afternoon hours, resulting in numerous lightning strikes across the area.
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 8, 8:53 AM EST, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 953 AM EDT MON JUN 8 2009 ...A FEW STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE INTERIOR AREAS THIS AFTERNOON... .UPDATE... THE MID TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED FROM ABOUT PALM BEACH COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO EVERGLADES CITY THIS MORNING...AS THE SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WAS BUILDING INTO SOUTH FLORIDA FROM THE ATLANTIC WATERS. THE MID TO UPPER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS THIS AFTERNOON...AS THE SURFACE RIDGE CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE AREA. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE SEA BREEZES TO DEVELOP ALONG BOTH COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND PUSH INTO THE INTERIOR AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ALONG THE SEA BREEZES. SO WILL CONTINUE WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CWA FOR THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE HIGHEST POPS OVER THE INTERIOR AREAS. THE MID LEVEL OF THE ATMOSPHERE IS STILL COOL WITH TEMPS AROUND -9C. SO WILL CONTINUE WITH THE MENTION OF A FEW STRONG STORMS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE HWO AND ADD IT TO THE INTERIOR ZONES FOR THE INTERIOR AREAS OF THE CWA WHERE THE SEA BREEZES COLLIDE. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS FROM THE STRONG STORMS WILL BE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE WINDS OVER THE CWA WATERS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 KNOTS WITH SEAS LESS THAN 2 FEET. SO NO CHANGES IN THE MARINE PACKAGE FOR TODAY. REST OF THE FORECAST LOOKS GOOD AT THIS TIME AND NO OTHER CHANGES ARE PLAN. && .UPDATE...54/BNB .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 743 AM EDT MON JUN 8 2009/ AVIATION... NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST DISCUSSION...VFR CONDITIONS AND LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER ALL TERMINALS AT LEAST THROUGH MID-MORNING TODAY. MOSTLY LOCAL EFFECTS ARE EXPECTED TO DICTATE WX CONDITIONS TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES EAST OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. SEA BREEZES WILL DEVELOP UNDER A LIGHT WIND REGIME AND THIS WILL TEND TO FOCUS MOST CONVECTION INLAND AND AWAY FROM THE TERMINALS. WL ONLY MENTION VCTS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL AIRPORTS. AT KAPF, GULF SEABREEZE MOVING INLAND JUST LIKE YESTERDAY EXPECTED TO KEEP CONVECTION AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT. && PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 348 AM EDT MON JUN 8 2009/ DISCUSSION... THE MID TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THAT HAS BEEN LINGERING OVER THE REGION CONTINUES OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AND ADJACENT WATERS. THE LATEST 00Z GUIDANCE AND RECENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATE THAT THE TROUGH AXIS IS LIKELY ACROSS THE KEYS AND EXTENDING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SOUTH FLORIDA PENINSULA AND OFF THE SOUTHEAST ATLANTIC COAST. THE SUITE OF GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT THE TROUGH WILL SLOWLY DRIFT EASTWARD TODAY...WITH THE AXIS LIKELY SHIFTING EASTWARD INTO THE FLORIDA STRAITS AND ACROSS THE BAHAMAS BY THIS AFTERNOON. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATES SUBSIDENCE AND DRY AIR INTRUSION ON THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE TROUGH AND MID TO UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE ON THE EASTERN PORTION. SO AS THE DAY PROGRESSES THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME SUBSIDENCE AND DRIER MID TO UPPER LEVEL AIR WORKING ITS WAY INTO SOUTH FLORIDA AND ADJACENT WATERS. HOWEVER...THE SUBSIDENCE MAY NOT BE SUFFICIENTLY STRONG ENOUGH TO COMPLETELY INHIBIT CONVECTION ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. WITH THE DAY TIME HEATING AND LINGERING MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON WITH 40 TO 50 POPS OVER THE PENINSULA. WITH LIGHT EASTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE REGION...THE SEA BREEZE ON BOTH COASTS SHOULD BE WELL DEVELOPED TODAY AND HELP IN CONVECTION INITIATION THIS AFTERNOON. BY TUESDAY AND THROUGH FRIDAY THE MID TO UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS FORECAST TO BUILD ACROSS THE REGION...WITH A REDUCTION IN CONVECTION EXPECTED. HOWEVER...WITH THE NORMAL DIURNAL CYCLE...SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED BUT MAINLY CONFINED TO THE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE PENINSULA AND DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST...THE GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO INDICATE A WEAK LOW DRIFTING NORTH INTO THE THE SOUTHWEST CARIBBEAN POSSIBLY LATE THIS WEEKEND...WITH TIMING VARYING AMONGST THE MODELS. FOR NOW IMPACTS ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO BE INCREASE IN WINDS ACROSS THE REGION AND POSSIBLY AN INFLUX IN TROPICAL MOISTURE APPROACHING THE REGION. MARINE... MAINLY WEAK WINDS ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS AND TRANQUIL SEAS FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...WITH AN INCREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST. FIRE WEATHER... NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 72 89 73 88 / 20 30 20 30 FORT LAUDERDALE 76 88 74 88 / 20 30 20 30 MIAMI 74 89 75 89 / 20 30 20 30 NAPLES 71 89 73 90 / 20 30 20 30 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && LONG TERM...60/BD SHORT TERM/AVIATION...47/RHG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 954 AM EDT MON JUN 8 2009 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-082215- 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- 954 AM EDT MON JUN 8 2009 ...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES, LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL, SMALL HAIL, AND WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY, MAINLY OVER THE INTERIOR LOCATIONS. WATERSPOUTS: HIGH ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE, WEAK LOW LEVEL WINDS, CLOUD CONVERGENCE BANDS AND HIGH CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS, MAY RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATERSPOUTS ACROSS THE LOCAL GULF OF MEXICO AND ATLANTIC WATERS, INCLUDING BISCAYNE BAY, TODAY. HAIL: HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE IN DIAMETER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, MOST LIKELY ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA. FLOODING: THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING ACROSS THE SAME AREAS FOR TWO TO THREE HOURS CAN EASILY PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES. THIS CANE PRODUCE URBAN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS, AND MAINLY ALONG THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DAILY THROUGH NEXT WEEK, ALTHOUGH SOME DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR MOVING INTO SOUTH FLORIDA MAY RESULT IN FEWER STORMS DEVELOPING. LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THIS ACTIVITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1210 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2009
FLZ067-068-168-081645-
INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
1210 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2009
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS TOWARD PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT...
AT 12 NOON EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GREENACRES CITY MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT
ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT...
GREENACRES CITY...
PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
WEST PALM BEACH...
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.
THE PRIMARY IMPACT WILL BE GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH CAN
DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL
OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.
LAT...LON 2640 8007 2640 8024 2693 8022 2694 8006
2692 8005 2685 8005
TIME...MOT...LOC 1609Z 180DEG 0KT 2665 8014
RLPSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1223 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2009
FLZ067-068-168-081645-
INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FL-
1223 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2009
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS METRO PALM BEACH COUNTY...
AT 1218 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE IN METRO PALM BEACH
COUNTY FROM WEST OF DELRAY BEACH TO WEST OF THE PALM BEACH
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO WEST OF JUPITER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
DRIFTING NORTH TO NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT...
ABERDEEN
LOXAHATCHEE WILDLIFE REFUGE
FLORIDA GARDENS
WELLINGTON
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.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.
LAT...LON 2677 8003 2678 8004 2677 8005 2677 8003
2675 8003 2676 8003 2669 8005 2639 8006
2639 8007 2637 8007 2638 8025 2695 8025
2694 8006 2681 8002
TIME...MOT...LOC 1619Z 219DEG 2KT 2648 8019
RLPSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
148 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2009
FLZ069-070-081815-
COASTAL COLLIER COUNTY FL-INLAND COLLIER COUNTY FL-
148 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2009
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN COLLIER COUNTY...
AT 145 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE LEE COUNTY LINE SOUTHEAST OF
BONITA SPRINGS TO JUST NORTHEAST OF GOLDEN GATE THEN FOLLOWING
ALLIGATOR ALLEY EAST TO STATE ROAD 29. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
DRIFTING ERRATICALLY.
AT 135 PM EDT...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TRAINED SPOTTER OBSERVED
A BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD ON IMMOKALEE ROAD ABOUT 1.5 MILES EAST OF
INTERSTATE 75. THE FUNNEL CLOUD DID NOT TOUCH THE GROUND AND
DISSIPATED SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
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.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.
LAT...LON 2632 8180 2633 8177 2632 8176 2632 8166
2637 8166 2641 8158 2606 8133 2610 8172
TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 180DEG 0KT 2606 8076
RLPSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2009 FLZ071-072-081930- INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL-METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL- 200 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DRIFTING SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN BROWARD SUBURBS... AT 258 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATES 595 AND 75 AND THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY...DRIFTING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT... SOUTHWEST RANCHES... WESTON... WESTERN PEMBROKE PINES... WESTERN MIRAMAR... 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. LAT...LON 2619 8020 2599 8022 2597 8052 2619 8052 TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 027DEG 4KT 2610 8045 RLP
The Miami radar (KAMX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:59 UTC.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 53-year-old lawn care worker was struck and killed by a lightning strike as he was cutting grass at an apartment building in Coral Springs.
A two-story home was struck by lightning in Weston, causing a fire inside the home. Firefighters were able to put out the blaze with only minor damage. All occupants of the home were able to evacuate safely.
Time is approximate based on radar and lightning data.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Broward | 2009-06-08 | 53 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 2009
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: 181067, 181069.