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 Aug 13, 8:15 PM EST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 915 PM EDT MON AUG 13 2001 ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTH FLORIDA RAPIDLY STABILIZING AS EVIDENCED BY RADAR AP ADVANCING ACROSS THE AREA. KMFL SOUNDING AT 00Z SHOWS PRECIPITABLE WATER AT NEARLY 2 INCHES...BUT CONVECTIVE PARAMTERS ARE RELATIVELY LOW. FEW SHOWERS/STORMS REMAIN OVER WEST COAST...HOWEVER THESE WILL LIKELY NOT LAST LONG. WILL ONLY NEED TO UPDATE ZONE FORECASTS INTERIOR AND WEST TO REMOVE (OR UPDATE WORDING OF) EVENING SHOWERS/STORMS. EAST COAST FORECASTS ON TRACK. .MIA...NONE.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:57 UTC.
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
The Sheriff's Office reported a waterspout in the Gulf of Mexico just offshore Barefoot Beach.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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