Waterspout, Broward
- When
- July 12, 12:50 PM EST
- Where
- Broward County, 8 mi E of Pompano Beach
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 26.152, -80.456 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A waterpout was sighted in the Atlantic.
Waterspout in Florida, July 12, 2001
1 waterspout, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
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 Jul 12, 8:57 AM EST, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 8:57 AM EST, 3 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 957 AM EDT THU JUL 12 2001 WATER VAPOR IMAGE SHOWS LARGE SWATH OF DRY AIR ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN BAHAMAS...FLORIDA KEYS AND THE EXTREME SOUTH FLORIDA PENINSULA INCHING NORTH. KMFL SOUNDING AT 12Z REFLECTS THIS WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER DOWN TO 1.76 INCHES...KEYW DOWN TO 1.43 AND NASSAU AT 1.49. KMFL SOUNDING ALSO INDICATING MORE STABLE ENVIRONMENT THIS MORNING WITH 500 MB TEMPERATURE UP TO -5 RESULTING IN AFTERNOON LIFTED INDEX OF ONLY ABOUT -5 AND CAPE ABOUT 3200. AM TEMPTED TO BRING DOWN POPS A BIT FOR THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WITH A FEW SHOWERS ALREADY OVER THE WESTERN ZONES FEEL ATMOSPHERE STILL ABLE TO SUPPO RT NUMEROUS AFTERNOON SHOWERS/STORMS EASTERN ZONES. WILL UPDATE FORECASTS TO REWORD TIMING OF RAIN A BIT...OTHERWISE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. .MIA...NONE.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Waterspout
- A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Washington, July 12, 2001
- Heat in Mississippi, July 12, 2001
- Heat in Texas, July 12, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in Montana, July 12 to 13, 2001
- Wildfire in California, July 12, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, July 12, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 12, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 12, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 12, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 12, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 12, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 12, 2001
More
Every storm in Florida in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 2001
Sources
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: 5257984.