PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – A line of heavy rain and isolated-to-scattered severe thunderstorms moved through South Florida on Sunday morning causing some power outages and fallen tree branches.
There will be a severe weather risk with damaging wind gusts on Monday morning in South Florida ahead of a cold front that will drop temperatures to mid-50s on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The quick-moving line of storms on Sunday crossed the Florida Keys and Miami-Dade County and affected downtown Miami and the Fort Lauderdale area while moving off shore.
There were 13,290 without power by 12:10 p.m., in Miami-Dade County, including 1,167 in the West Miami area and 1,224 in the Richmond West area, according to the FPL Power Tracker.
At about 11 a.m., a tornado risk was higher across Kendale Lakes, The Crossings, West Kendall, and other southwest Miami-Dade areas.
There were winds well above 60 mph, as the storms moved over Coral Way.
Other parts of South Florida were under a tornado watch until 2 p.m. Temperatures were in the mid-60s to low-70s.
The National Weather Center warned there was a threat of some damaging wind gusts and an isolated tornado or two, but there weren’t reports of tornadoes.
The weather conditions are forecast to improve in Miami-Dade and Broward counties at about 3 p.m., as the storms move offshore.
Expect cooler air on Monday with high temperatures struggling to reach 70 degrees.
Scattered showers, an isolated thunderstorm, or downpours with small hail are a possibility in areas of South Florida.
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