1 waterspout, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 19, 8:45 AM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 945 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2001 12Z MFL SOUNDING CONFIRMS RATHER DRY AND MORE STABLE PATTERN THAT WE HAVE SEEN FOR THE PAST 2 DAYS (EAST COAST SEA BREEZE WITH LITTLE OR NO ACTIVITY ALONG ATLANTIC SIDE... AND ONLY ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION ELSEWHERE). PWAT DOWN TO 1.65 INCHES AND K-INDEX OF 22...LOOKS LIKE MORE OF THE SAME WITH ACTIVITY VERY SPARSE. WILL UPDATE TO REMOVE MENTION OF MORNING SHOWERS ALONG THE EAST COAST ZONES OTHERWISE EVERYTHING LOOKS ON TRACK. BELOW IS THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION................................ WE ARE STILL IN A RELATIVELY DRY ATMOSPHERE. ALSO CHANTALS INFLUENCE HAS EXTENDED INTO THE ATLANTIC JUST TO OUR SOUTH AND WITH ITS PRESENT MOTION WE SHOULD STAY RELATIVELY DRY AND SUPPRESSED THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SURFACE RIDGE HAS WEAKENED SOME BUT THE RIDGE LINE STILL REMAINS TO OUR NORTH. SO WE WILL CONTINUE IN THE EASTERLY FLOW AND THE DAYTIME ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN ALONG THE WEST COAST WITH LITTLE AT NIGHT. THERE IS AN AREA OF DEEPER MOISTURE AROUND 66W WHICH SHOULD MOVE INTO OUR ZONES BY TUESDAY. THIS IS BEING SHOWN IN THE ETA AND NGM MODELS AND WE WILL NEED TO BRING THE PROBABILITIES UP SOME ON TUESDAY TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. ALTHOUGH THE AVIATION SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE SLOW WITH THIS FEATURE SO THAT WILL TEMPER THE PROBABILITIES WE WILL USE. ALSO BECAUSE WE WILL STILL SEE SOME HIGH CLOUDS FROM CHANTAL ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND THUS A LITTLE LESS HEATING THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WE WILL NOT INCREASE THE PROBABILITIES TO CLIMATE. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN MOSTLY UNCHANGED WITH THE INTERIOR WE SHOULD STILL BE ABLE TO SEE HEAT INDICES ABOVE 105 TODAY. CHANTAL NOT AS STRONG AS EARLIER EXPECTED SO ITS INFLUENCE ON THE MARINE WINDS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK WILL NOT BE AS GREAT. STILL THE WIND WILL BE STRONGER THAN IT HAS BEEN FOR AWHILE ESPECIALLY IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WATERS. IN THE EXTENDED WE ARE STILL HAVING TO LOOK FOR SOURCES OF MORE MOISTURE. THE SURFACE RIDGE SHOULD MAINTAIN ITS POSITION SO THE PRECIPITATION PATTERN SHOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED. HOWEVER WHETHER WE HAVE ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE TO BRING IN MORE MOISTURE IN THE EXTENDED TIME FRAME IS STILL A QUESTION. SO WILL KEEP THE PROBABILITIES BELOW CLIMATE UNTIL WE SEE SOMETHING COMING. .MIA...NONE.
FLZ063-066>075-192000- SOUTH FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 530 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2001 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS INTERIOR AND WEST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HEAT INDICES TO REACH THE TRIPLE DIGITS AGAIN TODAY... ...SLIGHT CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS... ...SLIGHT CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG ATLANTIC BEACHES... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND DRIFT SLOWLY WEST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT LOW TO UPPER LEVEL WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST WILL CAUSE THE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP WEST OF THE EAST COAST METROPOLITAN AREAS AND DRIFT SLOWLY WEST TOWARD THE WEST COAST. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE 90S ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THIS, COMBINED WITH HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CAUSE THE HEAT INDICES TO REACH THE TRIPLE DIGITS OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. LOW LEVEL EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE, BRINGING SOME RELIEF TO AREAS NEAR THE EAST COAST. A WEST COAST SEA BREEZE WILL ALSO DEVELOP BUT MAY JUST AFFECT AREAS VERY NEAR THE COASTLINE ITSELF. NEVERTHELESS, IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTH FLORIDA, TEMPERATURES MAY REACH THE UPPER 90S ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. COMBINED WITH THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY...THIS MAY PRODUCE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS OF HEAT INDICES AROUND 110 DEGREES. A LIGHT EAST TO SOUTHEAST LOW TO MID LEVEL WIND FLOW WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS OVER THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF THE LIGHT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW...MENTIONED BEFORE...AND A LOW TIDE AROUND 300 PM, WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA...THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MIA. GARCIA
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:46 UTC.
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
Air Traffic Control Tower personnel at PBI reported a waterspout in the Atlantic.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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