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 Jun 21, 8:45 AM EST, 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 945 AM EDT THU JUN 21 2001 PRECIPITABLE WATER HAS INCREASED TO NEARLY 2 INCHES AT MIAMI THIS MORNING AND PREVAILING EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW HAS WEAKENED SOME AS THE RIDGE HAS SUNK SOUTHWARD. THUS TODAYS THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD STILL FAVOR THE INTERIOR AND GULF COAST TODAY BUT THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF THE EASTERN METRO AREA ALSO HAVE A LITTLE BETTER CHANCE OF RAIN. CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS ON TARGET. THUS EXPECT COASTAL MORNING SHOWERS TO BEGIN TO DIMINISH NEXT FEW HOURS WITH INTERIOR AND WEST COAST FIRING ONCE AGAIN AROUND NOON. WILL WAIT UNTIL AROUND NOON TO UPDATE THE FORECAST TO BETTER REFLECT AFTERNOON CONVECTIVE TRENDS. MARINE...WILL UPDATE THE COASTALS TO LOWER THE WINDS SLIGHTLY IN ANTICIPATION OF THE RIDGE BUILDING SOUTH. FOWEY ROCKS HAS BEEN 6 KNOTS OR LESS SINCE 2 AM. .MIA...NONE. 50
FLZ063-066>075-212000- SOUTH FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 530 AM EDT THU JUN 21 2001 ...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY WEST... ...SLIGHT CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA. THE ACTIVITY WILL BE MOST ACTIVE FROM THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF THE SOUTHEAST METROPOLITAN AREAS WESTWARD. THESE STORMS WILL GENERALLY MOVE NORTH OR NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...THEREFORE SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TODAY AND SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. LIGHT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH...COMBINED WITH A LOW TIDE BETWEEN 230 AND 300 PM...WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES ACROSS PALM BEACH...BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MIA.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:42 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Tower personnel at Miami International Airport saw a funnel cloud.
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, June 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: 5251074.