Biscayne Bay storm history

A 17-foot boat was swamped or capsized by strong thunderstorm winds associated with the passage of a cold front. A family of four on board were thrown into Biscayne Bay and remained there overnight for 15 hours before being rescued by the Coast Guard. Two children drowned and the…

Mesonet station XKBS Biscayne Bay Light 20 reported a wind gust of 42 mph.

Mesonet station XKBS Biscayne Bay Light 20 reported a wind gust of 39 mph at 2:08pm as a gusty thunderstorm moved over Biscayne Bay.

A wind gust of 39 mph/34 knots was recorded at the WxFlow station XDGE/Biscayne Bay Harbor Pilots in Port Miami from passing thunderstorms.

Mesonet XDIN at Dinner Key Light recorded a gust of 42 mph as a gusty thunderstorm moved offshore.

Mesonet station XKBS at Biscayne Bay Light reported a wind gust of 39 mph as a gusty thunderstorm moved offshore.

The mesonet station XBBH at Dodge Island near the Port of Miami reported a 48 mph or 42 kt wind gust with strong thunderstorms in the area.

Mesonet station XKBS Biscayne Bay Light 20 reported a 47 mph/41 kt wind gust with thunderstorms moving through the area.

Maximum sustained winds over Biscayne Bay were in the 35 to 40 knot range. A peak wind gust of 43 knots / 50 mph was recorded at the Biscayne Bay Light 20 WxFlow station.

A thunderstorm wind gust of 45 mph/39 knots was measured at the Turkey Point WxFlow station.

A wind gust of 50 mph/43 knots was measured at the WxFlow Biscayne Bay Light station XKBS as a thunderstorm moved offshore. The height of the anemometer is 20 feet.

Maximum sustained winds over Biscayne Bay were in the 35-40 knot range, with a peak gust of 47 knots at the Biscayne Bay Light 20 WxFlow station.

A thunderstorm wind gust of 46 mph/40 knots was measured at the WxFlow Biscayne Bay Light station XKBS. The height of the anemometer is 20 feet.

WxFlow station XKBS Biscayne Bay Light 20 measured a wind gust of 36 knots / 41 mph as a line of thunderstorms passed through the area.

WxFlow station XKBS Biscayne Bay Light 20 measured a wind gust of 36 knots / 41 mph as a thunderstorm passed through the area.

The WxFlow site XKBS Biscayne Bay Light 20 measured a wind gust of 35 knots/40 mph in association with a line of strong thunderstorms moving east across the area.

The WxFlow site XDGE Biscayne Bay Harbor Pilots measured a wind gust of 39 knots/45 mph in association with a line of strong thunderstorms moving east across the area.

The WxFlow site XMSP at Morningside Park measured a wind gust of 37 knots/43 mph in association with a line of strong thunderstorms moving east across the area.

Several boats capsized in Biscayne Bay, with one report at the Venetian Marina as a result of strong winds during the early morning hours of November 16th. Mesonet station wind gusts on Biscayne Bay were as high as 65 mph/57 knots, with sustained winds measured up to 48 mph/42 kn…

WxFlow station XKBS Biscayne Bay Light 20 measured a wind gust of 37 knots / 43 mph as a thunderstorm passed through the area.

Maximum sustained winds over Biscayne Bay were in the 30-knot range, with peak gusts in the 35-40 knot range.

A mesonet station at Biscayne Bay Light 20 measured a wind gust of 37 knots / 42 mph as a strong thunderstorm moved through the area.

A thunderstorm wind gust of 42 mph/37 knots was recorded at the WxFlow mesonet station XKBS Biscayne Bay Light 20.

Local broadcast media station, WPLG-TV, relayed a public report of a waterspout visible from Matheson Hammock Park and Marina.

A thunderstorm wind gust of 57 mph/50 knots was measured in Biscayne Bay to the east of Morningside Park.

An off duty NWS employee reported a brief waterspout east of Black Point over the Atlantic waters as a weak line of showers moved through the area.

A thunderstorm wind gust of 41 mph/36 knots was recorded at the WxFlow mesonet station XMSP at Morningside Park.

A thunderstorm wind gust of 35 knots/40 mph was recorded at the WxFlow mesonet station XKBS at Biscayne Bay Light 20.

WxFlow mesonet station XKBS Biscayne Bay Light 20 reported a wind gust of 51 mph/44 knots as a thunderstorm moved through the area.

NOAA/NOS site VAKF1 at Virginia Key recorded a 35 knot/40 mph wind gust as a strong thunderstorm moved offshore.

Maximum sustained winds over Biscayne Bay were in the 25-30 knot/30-35 mph range, with peak wind gusts in the 35-40 knot/40-45 mph range.

Sustained tropical storm force winds of 40 to 50 mph/35 to 44 knots were recorded in Biscayne Bay. A peak wind gust of 60 mph/52 knots was recorded by the WeatherFlow mesonet site at Biscayne Bay Light 20 (XKBS) at 2:49 AM EDT.

A photo was received by a member of the public of a waterspout in Biscayne Bay offshore Homestead Air Reserve Base.

A thunderstorm wind gust of 42 mph/36 knots was measured at the WxFlow site XBBH on Dodge Island.

A thunderstorm wind gust of 39 mph/34 knots was measured at the Earth Networks site REUS1 at Ransom Everglades School in Coconut Grove along the Biscayne Bay shoreline.

A thunderstorm wind gust of 41 mph/36 knots was measured at the WxFlow site XBBH in Dodge Island.

A thunderstorm wind gust of 49 mph/43 knots was measured at the WxFlow site XTKY in Turkey Point. Height of the anemometer is 65 feet.

A thunderstorm wind gust of 42 mph/36 knots was measured at the WxFlow site XBBH in Dodge Island.

A thunderstorm wind gust of 40 mph/35 knots was measured at the WxFlow site XDGE Biscayne Bay Harbor Pilots.

A thunderstorm wind gust of 44 mph/38 knots was recorded at the WxFlow site XTKY in Turkey Point.

A thunderstorm wind gust of 40 mph/35 knots was recorded at the Earth Networks site KYBSC on Key Biscayne.

The WxFlow site XKBS in Biscayne Bay measured a 43 mph (37 knot) wind gust associated with a thunderstorm.

A wind gust of 56 mph/49 knots was measured at the WxFlow station XTKY at Turkey Point at 555 AM, with a sustained wind of 35 mph/30 knots at 610 AM. Height of the anemometer is 65 feet.

A wind gust of 37 mph/43 knots was measured at the NOS station VAKF1 at Virginia Key.

A wind gust of 43 mph/38 knots was measured at the WxFlow station XKBS at Biscayne Bay Light 20, with a sustained wind of 35 mph/30 knots.

A wind gust of 40 mph/35 knots was measured at the WxFlow station XBBH at Biscayne Bay Harbor Pilots in Dodge Island.

WxFlow mesonet site XMSP at Morningside Park measured a wind gust of 54 mph/47 knots as a thunderstorm moved onshore.

The WxFlow mesonet station XBBH at Dodge Island measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 46 mph/40 knots.

The WxFlow mesonet station XKBS Biscayne Bay Light 20 measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 55 mph/48 knots.

The WeatherSTEM mesonet site at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 49 mph/43 knots.