Florida, 2010

Lightning Strike in Florida, June 1, 2010

June 1, 2010 · NWS MFL · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Moist southerly wind flow along with upper level disturbances moving across Florida led to an active day of thunderstorms across south Florida.

Where it happened

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  • 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
1
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 happened

The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.

Moist southerly wind flow along with upper level disturbances moving across Florida led to an active day of thunderstorms across 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 1, 1:15 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 1:15 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
215 PM EDT TUE JUN 1 2010

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...DEEP LAYER SW FLOW WILL
CONTINUE TO FUNNEL TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE WESTERN CARIB
(INCLUDING FROM AGATHA'S REMNANTS) ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA. THIS WILL
COMBINE WITH A FEW UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES AND LOCAL SEA/LAKE
BREEZES TO RESULT IN SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON CONVECTIVE
ACTIVITY.

&&

.LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THE ATLANTIC LOW LEVEL RIDGE
WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DRIFT NORTH ACROSS S. FLORIDA. THIS WILL TEND
TO CUT OFF MOST OF THE MOISTURE TRANSPORT FROM THE DEEP TROPICS
WITH A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THE PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER...WL
NOT GO DRY DURING THIS PERIOD AND WL GO CLOSER TO CLIMO AS LOCAL
FACTORS ( SEA BREEZES, DIURNAL HEATING) WL LIKELY PLAY A BIG ROLE
IN THE GENERATION OF AT LEAST ISOLD TO LOW SCT SHWRS/TSTMS.

.MARINE...A LIGHT S-SW FLOW WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE END OF THE
WEEK WITH SEAS AT OR BELOW 2 FT THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...NO PROBLEMS EXPECTED AS MIN RH SHOULD REMAIN WELL
ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WEST PALM BEACH  74  88  75  89 / 30 50 20 50
FORT LAUDERDALE  75  86  77  90 / 30 50 20 50
MIAMI            76  89  77  91 / 30 50 20 50
NAPLES           75  91  76  90 / 10 40 20 30

&&

.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
AM...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM/LONG TERM/MARINE/FIRE...47/RGH
AVIATION...60/BD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 3:43 AM EST, 11 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
443 AM EDT TUE JUN 1 2010

FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-012345-
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-
443 AM EDT TUE JUN 1 2010

...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...
...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MIAMI-DADE COUNTY BEACHES...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES, GUSTY WINDS TO
40 MPH AND BRIEF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY
THREATS.

RIP CURRENTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL PRODUCE A
MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS OVER THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY BEACHES.
SOUTHEAST WINDS NEAR 10 MPH WILL PRODUCE A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS
OVER THE BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTY WATERS.

WATERSPOUTS: DUE TO LIGHT ATMOSPHERIC WINDS TODAY, THERE WILL BE A
SLIGHT RISK OF WATERSPOUTS OVER THE ATLANTIC AND GULF OF MEXICO
WATERS TODAY.

FLOODING: DUE TO THE RATHER SLOW MOVEMENT OF STORMS TODAY, MINOR
FLOODING MAY OCCUR OVER ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE RATHER HIGH ACROSS ALL AREAS
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY DUE TO HIGH ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE ASSOCIATED
WITH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE AGATHA MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.
CHANCES OF RAIN WILL DECREASE SOMEWHAT LATER IN THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER
INDIVIDUAL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HIGH WIND, HAIL AND
FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MIAMI.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 1, 10:35 AM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1135 AM EDT TUE JUN 01 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0845 AM     HEAVY RAIN       HALLANDALE BEACH        25.99N 80.14W
06/01/2010  E0.00 INCH       BROWARD            FL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HALLANDALE BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED STANDING
            WATER ON MANY ROADWAYS OF NORTHEAST HALLANDALE BEACH.
            VEHICLES WERE STRANDED ON NORTH DIXIE HIGHWAY... ROADS
            WERE PONDING ON DIXIE HIGHWAY FROM HALLANDALE BEACH BLVD
            TO ATLANTIC SHORES BLVD...ALSO OFF OF HALLANDALE BEACH
            BLVD AT NE 8TH, NE 10TH AND NE 12TH.

0905 AM     HEAVY RAIN       SOUTH MIAMI             25.71N 80.30W
06/01/2010  E0.00 INCH       MIAMI-DADE         FL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            METROPOLITIAN MIAMI-DADE POLICE DEPT REPORTED STANDING
            WATER AND PONDING OF ROADWAYS BETWEEN THE FALLS AREA AND
            DADELAND... A VEHICLE WAS STALLED AT 97TH AVE AND SW 136
            ST.

1015 AM     HEAVY RAIN       MIAMI SHORES            25.86N 80.19W
06/01/2010  E0.00 INCH       MIAMI-DADE         FL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MIAMI SHORES POLICE DEPT REPORTED PONDING OF WATER ON
            SEVERAL ROADS WITHIN MIAMI SHORES... 96TH ST AND NE 10TH
            AVE, 92 ST AND N BAYSHORE DR... AND 98TH ST AND NE 6TH
            AVE.

&&

EBAUGH

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:29 UTC.

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Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Palm Beach

When
June 1, 3:30 PM EST
Where
Palm Beach County, 0.72 mi NNW of Jupiter
Injuries
1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
26.940, -80.103

A 19-year-old woman was shocked by a lightning strike which struck about 25 feet from her home's driveway as she was outside loading clothes into a vehicle. The woman was 8 months pregnant. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital and was released the same day.

What these are

Lightning
A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

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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: 244746.