Copious moisture and instability caused by an upper level trough over north Florida led to an active day of showers and thunderstorms over southeast Florida and the adjacent Atlantic and Lake Okeechobee waters.
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The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
Copious moisture and instability caused by an upper level trough over north Florida led to an active day of showers and thunderstorms over southeast Florida and the adjacent Atlantic and Lake Okeechobee waters.
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 24, 1:51 PM EST, 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 251 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011 .DISCUSSION...A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO EXTEND INTO SOUTH OR CENTRAL FL FROM THE ATLANTIC THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A MID TO UPPER LVL TROUGH WILL ALSO REMAIN OVER THE REGION INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP S FL IN A LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW WITH SEA BREEZES AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES BEING THE MAIN CATALYST FOR CONVECTION UNDER STRONG DIURNAL HEATING. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN MOIST WITH PWATS AT OR NEAR 2" FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS, AND WITH VERY LITTLE TO NO CONVECTIVE INHIBITION SCT TO NUM STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON OVER THE MAINLAND WITH SCT SHRA/TSRA OVER THE COASTAL WATERS EACH NIGHT AND MORNING. LIGHT WINDS THROUGH THE LOWEST 10KFT WILL ALSO LEAD TO A CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS AGAIN SAT MORNING. INTO THE EXTENDED...NEAR CLIMO/SCT POPS EACH AFTERNOON WITH WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS FORECAST EACH DAY INTO MID TO LATE WEEK. HOWEVER THE ECMWF AND GFS DOES INDICATE A SLIGHTLY DRIER PATTERN INTO LATE NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER LVL RIDGE (DIFFERENT STRENGTHS IN DIFFERENT MODELS) BUILDS INTO THE AREA. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE STARTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA AS WELL AS KAPF. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT THE EAST COAST TERMINALS SO VCTS WAS LEFT IN THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 10 TO 15 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON OUT OF THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. WIND SPEEDS WILL THEN INCREASE AGAIN LATE SATURDAY MORNING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING AS WELL ALONG THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZES. /CWC && .MARINE...A LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD AS AN ATLANTIC RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDS INTO THE PALM BEACHES AND LAKE REGION OR TO POINTS NORTH. AS THE RIDGE BUILDS NORTH OF SOUTH FLORIDA WINDS WILL INC INTO THE 10 TO 15KT RANGE NEXT WEEK WHICH WILL CAUSE SEAS TO BUILD SLIGHTLY. && .FIRE WEATHER...RH VALUES WILL REMAIN OUT OF CRITICAL LVLS THOUGH THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 80 90 80 89 / 40 60 40 50 FORT LAUDERDALE 80 90 79 89 / 40 60 30 40 MIAMI 80 91 79 89 / 40 50 30 50 NAPLES 75 91 75 92 / 30 50 30 50 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION/MARINE...04/AT AVIATION/RADAR/FIRE...55/CWC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 208 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-250400- 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- 208 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011 ...FREQUENT LIGHTNING/TORRENTIAL RAIN/GUSTY WIND POTENTIAL IN THUNDERSTORMS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP TODAY...FOCUSED OVER THE INTERIOR WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COASTS. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND GUSTY WINDS. WIND: STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. FLOODING: A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND DUE TO SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS TODAY...STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE LOCAL ATLANTIC BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EACH DAY...WITH THE PRIMARY RISK BEING LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
915 AM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011
FLZ173-241345-
COASTAL MIAMI DADE COUNTY FL
915 AM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
* UNTIL 945 AM EDT
* AT 906 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SHOWERS PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS JUST OFFSHORE OF MIAMI
BEACH. THESE WATERSPOUTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE ONSHORE, HOWEVER
THESE SHOWERS MAY COME CLOSE TO THE COAST. THESE SHOWERS ARE MOVING
NORTH AT 5 MPH.
LAT...LON 2581 8011 2576 8013 2574 8014 2567 8015
2566 8016 2559 8015 2559 8017 2563 8016
2570 8018 2572 8016 2574 8018 2577 8015
2584 8014 2585 8015 2595 8012
TIME...MOT...LOC 1312Z 187DEG 3KT 2602 8001 2569 8012
CWCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
919 AM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0914 AM WATER SPOUT MIAMI BEACH 25.81N 80.13W
06/24/2011 MIAMI-DADE FL PUBLIC
MULTIPLE CALLS WERE RECEIVED REPORTING AT LEAST 5 FUNNEL
CLOUDS AND A WATERSPOUT LOCATED A FEW MILES EAST OF MIAMI
BEACH.
&&
RIVERAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1050 AM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1048 AM WATER SPOUT MIAMI BEACH 25.81N 80.13W
06/24/2011 MIAMI-DADE FL TRAINED SPOTTER
OCEAN RESCUE REPORTED WATERSPOUT 3 MILES EAST OF 8TH ST
IN MIAMI BEACH.
&&
RIVERASPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 235 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011 FLZ071>074-241900- INLAND BROWARD COUNTY FL INLAND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL METRO BROWARD COUNTY FL METROPOLITAN MIAMI DADE FL 235 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL BROWARD COUNTY NORTH CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY * UNTIL 300 PM EDT * AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INTERSECTION KROME AND U.S. 27...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. THESE WINDS 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 2613 8046 2572 8034 2562 8057 2596 8067 TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 207DEG 6KT 2591 8052 CWC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
239 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011
FLZ067-068-168-241915-
COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY FL INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL METRO PALM
BEACH COUNTY FL
239 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT
* AT 235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROYAL PALM BEACH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
GREENACRES CITY...
GOLDEN LAKES...
NORTH PALM BEACH GENERAL AIRPORT...
HAVERHILL...
AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE UP TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS
OF 45 TO 55 MPH. THESE WINDS 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 2653 8030 2690 8038 2696 8020 2696 8015
2697 8015 2698 8014 2698 8010 2663 8006
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 244DEG 8KT 2671 8019
CWCThe Miami radar (KAMX), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:54 UTC.
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A member of the public near the intersection of State Route 7 and Southern Boulevard reported nickel-sized hail and estimated winds around 50 mph. Several small trees were downed.
A trampoline and its enclosure was blown away which weighed about 400 pounds. Trees were also down in the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 2011
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: 319912, 319916.