A tropical wave moved across Cuba enhancing scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms over South Florida.
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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.
A tropical wave moved across Cuba enhancing scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms over South Florida.
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 26, 12:32 PM EST, 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 132 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 .AVIATION... SOUTHEAST FLOW CONTINUES TO BRING PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO SOUTH FLORIDA. THIS FLOW HAS KEPT MOST OF THE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS THE GULF COAST, AWAY FROM THE ATLANTIC COAST. HAVE REMOVED ALL PRECIPITATION MENTION FOR THE ATLANTIC COAST TAF SITES. ALSO, HAVE A VCTS FOR KAPF, ALTHOUGH FOR NOW, THE CONVECTION IS NOT MOVING TOWARDS THE SITE. BUT, ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE. THE WEATHER SHOULD SETTLE DOWN THIS EVENING AND ALLOW VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL OVERNIGHT. TOMORROW WILL SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1019 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013/ UPDATE... THE SHORT TERM FORECAST INDICATES THE EXPECTED TREND OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE 16-18Z TIME FRAME INLAND OF THE EAST COAST AND THEN TRANSITIONING TO WESTERN INTERIOR AND WEST LATER IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING WHICH IS INDICATED IN THE CURRENT FORECAST. SOME CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE SHORT TERM FORECAST TO REFLECT THE ON-GOING CONVECTION IN THE OFF SHORE GULF WATERS TO THE WEST OF COLLIER COUNTY WHICH IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. 60 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 352 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013/ DISCUSSION... A TROPICAL WAVE MOVING ACROSS CUBA EARLY THIS MORNING IS ENHANCING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS THE KEYS...DEEP SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE LOCAL GULF WATERS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE ALSO AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE EAST COAST. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH TO THE WEST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. VERY MOIST CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES RANGING FROM 1.7-2 INCHES. THE PATTERN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE SLIGHTLY TODAY AS A WEAK SHORTWAVE PUSHES OFF THE CAROLINA COAST...AND ANOTHER SHARPER SHORTWAVE MOVES INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. AN USUALLY DEEP TROUGH WILL SETUP ACROSS THE EASTERN CONUS BY THE END OF THIS WEEK...WITH VERY STRONG 596+ DECAMETER RIDGES OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND DESERT SOUTHWEST. A BLOCKING PATTERN WILL SETUP...AND THE LARGE TROUGH WILL EVENTUALLY CUTOFF INTO AN UPPER LOW AND RETROGRADE WESTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL CONUS EARLY NEXT WEEK. FOR TODAY...THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL ONLY SHIFT SLIGHTLY TO THE EAST. SO EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EAST MAINLY IN THE MORNING HOURS...WITH STORMS FOCUSING TOWARDS THE INTERIOR AND GULF COAST IN THE AFTERNOON. STORM MOTION IS FORECAST TO BE RELATIVELY LIGHT THIS AFTERNOON...SO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WHERE STORMS SETUP. THE FLOW WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT MORE TO THE SOUTHEAST ON THURSDAY AS THE HIGH GETS NUDGED TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AND A TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD. UPPER HEIGHTS WILL BEGIN TO FALL THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. SO THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN SHIFTS TO THE NORTHERN INTERIOR NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE. THE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO DIG SOUTHWARD ON FRIDAY...AND THE FLOW WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. STORMS WILL THEN FOCUS ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND TOWARDS THE EAST COAST. THIS PATTERN IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. THE UPPER TROUGH IS THEN FORECAST TO CUTOFF INTO AN UPPER LOW OR A SERIES OF UPPER LOWS ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND MIDWEST...WITH THE PATTERN RETROGRADING TO THE WEST. DEEP SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL THEN CONTINUE...WITH EVEN DEEPER MOISTURE (PWATS 2-2.2 INCHES) POSSIBLY GETTING PULLED NORTHWARD FROM THE CARIBBEAN EARLY NEXT WEEK. SO A WETTER PATTERN IS SHAPING UP FOR SOUTH FLORIDA THE END OF THIS WEEK INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. MARINE... EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS IN THE 10 TO 15 KNOT RANGE WITH SEAS AROUND 2 FEET OR LESS ARE FORECAST FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. FIRE WEATHER... FOR TODAY AND THURSDAY...GREATEST COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 78 87 77 89 / 20 30 20 50 FORT LAUDERDALE 79 88 79 89 / 20 30 20 40 MIAMI 77 88 78 90 / 20 30 20 40 NAPLES 74 89 75 91 / 20 40 20 30 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION/MARINE/FIRE...60/BD AVIATION/RADAR...13/SI
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 521 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 270030- LAKE OKEECHOBEE-BISCAYNE BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE BAHAMAS-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- COASTAL WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH, FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE, FL OUT 20 NM- GULF WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 521 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES... ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE INLAND AND GULF COAST TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE ATLANTIC BEACHES EXTENDING NORTH FROM MIAMI BEACH TO JUPITER INLET. THUNDERSTORMS: SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN IMPACTS. WATERSPOUTS: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF WATERSPOUTS FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY FOR ATLANTIC BEACHES. THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...ESPECIALLY OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:35 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning fatally struck a 35 year old male construction worker who was working on the exterior of a single family home on scaffolding.
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, Collier | 2013-06-26 | 35 | Male | Heavy Equipment/Construction | Direct |
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