1 funnel cloud, 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 Aug 10, 1:30 PM EST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 230 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001 A RATHER STAGNANT MID AUGUST SYNOPTIC PATTERN WILL PREVAIL FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 72 HOURS WITH A WEEK SURFACE RIDGE PARKED ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE. LIGHT EAST SURFACE WINDS BUT DEEP LAYER STEERING WILL BE NEARLY NIL. SEA/LAKE BREEZE CIRCULATIONS WILL DOMINATE THE THUNDERSTORM PATTERN. EACH DAY...A FEW SHOWERS...AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM...WILL AFFECT THE METRO AREA AROUND MID TO LATE MORNING AS THE SEA BREEZE PASSES BY. AS THE SEA/LAKE BREEZES CONVERGE OVER INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA IN THE AFTERNOON...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM AND SPREAD OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES IN ALL DIRECTIONS. THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST WILL BE MOST AFFECTED BY THESE OUTFLOW GENERATED THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE ALL THE WAY TO THE EAST COAST BEACHES. THE ONCE VIGOROUS TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED AT 18Z NEAR 62W WILL NOT LIKELY EVER SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT SOUTH FLORIDA...AS THE MOISTURE BECOMES ENTRAINED IN UPPER LEVEL LOW NEAR 30N75W. MARINE... LIGHT EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 72 HOURS WITH ONLY WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. EXTENDED... ENJOY THIS WEEKEND AS NEXT WEEKEND LOOKS STORMIER. LONGWAVE PATTERN WILL SEE RATHER DEEP MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH NEAR 90W. A SURFACE LOW IS FORECAST TO FORM OVER ALABAMA MONDAY AND REMAIN ABOUT STATIONARY THROUGH THURSDAY. BEGINNING FRIDAY A MID/UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH DIGS INTO SOUTHEAST U.S. AND THE SURFACE LOW SINKS INTO THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO. THIS DISPLACES THE SURFACE RIDGE TO THE SOUTH OF FLORIDA PENINSULA WHICH MEANS INCREASED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. PBI BB 076/091 076/090 090 342 FLL BB 076/090 075/090 091 343 MIA BB 078/091 078/090 090 342 APF BB 073/092 073/090 092 343 .MIA...NONE.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:29 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
The Sheriff's Office reported two funnel clouds near the Evercane sugar refinery at 3013 C.R. 835.
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, August 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: 5262245.