1 waterspout, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Apr 19, 1:30 AM EST, 6 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
230 AM EDT THU APR 19 2001
UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST AND FILL NEXT 48 HOURS AS UPPER HIGH
BUILDS INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. SURFACE HIGH OVER SOUTHEAST U.S.
WILL MOVE INTO THE ATLANTIC. A RIDGE WILL DEVELOP FROM THE SURFACE
HIGH AND EXTEND ACROSS NORTH/CENTRAL FLORIDA FRIDAY. THE RIDGE WILL
RESIDE THERE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT
WILL REMAIN RATHER TIGHT ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH FORECAST. NO
REAL CHANCES FOR RAIN IN SIGHT. GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES IN AGREEMENT
AND LOOK OKAY. WILL NEED TO MAINTAIN RANGES FOR EAST COAST DUE TO
CONTINUING ONSHORE FLOW.
VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN THE EXTENDED AS RIDGE REMAINS ESTABLISHED OVER
NORTH/CENTRAL FLORIDA. GRADIENT WILL RELAX A BIT BUT WINDS WILL ONLY
GRADUALLY VEER TO EAST/SOUTHEAST. SERIES OF WEAK TROUGHS MAY MOVE
WEST ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA PRODUCING A FEW COASTAL SHOWERS WHICH MAY
MOVE ONSHORE EAST COAST. WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE EAST COAST LATER
PERIODS TO ACCOUNT FOR THESE.
IN THE MARINE ZONES...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE POSTED TODAY AND
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE EXTENDED PERIODS. GULF STREAM SEAS
WILL REMAIN HIGH UNTIL FLOW BEGINS TO VEER/SUBSIDE POSSIBLY MONDAY.
DRY CONDITIONS TODAY INLAND/WEST AREAS WILL REQUIRE RED FLAG
WARNING. CONDITIONS MARGINAL EAST COAST WITH ONSHORE FLOW SO WILL
HAVE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THOSE ZONES...HOWEVER UPGRADE MAY BE
REQUIRED LATER IN THE DAY IF DEWPOINTS DO NOT MODERATE AS
ANTICIPATED.
MIA UU 076/064 080/068 082 24000
PBI UU 074/063 079/067 081 24000
.MIA...SCA TONIGHT ALL WATERS EXCEPT LAKE OKEECHOBEE.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH EAST COHAST AND RED FLAG WARNING ALL OTHER
ZONES THIS AFTERNOON.FLZ063-066>075-191800- SOUTH FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 400 AM EDT THU APR 19 2001 ...CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS EAST COAST BEACHES TODAY... ...INCREASED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON... NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 KNOTS ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF PALM BEACH...BROWARD...AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES COMBINED WITH FAVORABLE TIDE CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN A CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. IN ADDITION TO THE RIP CURRENTS...THERE WILL BE INCREASED FIRE DANGER OVER ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND THE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY...AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MIA. K
The Miami radar (KAMX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:58 UTC.
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
A pilot sighted a waterspout in the Atlantic just offshore Dania Beach.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, April 2001
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: 5237155.