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 Jan 18, 9:30 AM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 930 AM EST THU JAN 18 2001 THE ONLY UPDATES TO THE CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE WILL BE TO GET RID OF MORNING SHOWERS AND PATCHY FOG. THE REST OF THE FORECAST LOOKS FINE. 12Z SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATED A WEAK TROUGH MOVING NORTHWEST ACROSS S FLORIDA. A BAND OF MOSTLY STRATOCUS WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE...HOWEVER ONLY ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS WERE OBSERVED OVER COASTAL SECTIONS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING. EXPECT THIS TROUGH TO MOVE NW AWAY FROM OUR AREA GIVING WAY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ALONG THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF S FLORIDA WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES PREVAILING OVER INTERIOR AND WEST. A LIGHT SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH FLOW SHOULD CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. .MIA...NONE. GARCIA
FLZ063-066>075-182300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 530 AM EST THU JAN 18 2001 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION BWILL NOT BE REQUESTED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MIA.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
A SKYWARN spotter sighted a waterspout in the Atlantic.
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, January 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: 5228611.