Florida, 2001

Waterspout in Florida, June 4, 2001

June 4, 2001 · NWS MFL · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 waterspout, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 Jun 4, 8:55 AM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 8:55 AM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
955 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2001

WITH SURFACE RIDGE TO OUR NORTH...LOW LEVEL EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW
HAS BECOME ESTABLISHED. ATMOPHERE REMAINS RATHER UNSTABLE AND WITH
THIS FLOW A CHANCE OF NIGHT/MORNING SHOWERS OVER THE ATLANTIC AND
ALONG THE EAST COAST. A GOOD CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS FOR MAINLY
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS INTERIOR.

FROM MIA RAOB...
VIL OF DAY 56...EL 49100...WB0 12671...MAX CAPE 4792...PWATER 1.82

.MIA...NONE.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 10:25 AM EST, 36 minutes before
FLZ063-066>075-042000-

SOUTH FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1125 AM EDT MON JUN 04 2001

...SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER
INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND DRIFT SLOWLY
TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST COASTAL AREAS. THE PREFERRED LOCATION FOR THESE
STORMS TO DEVELOP WILL BE OVER THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF THE
METROPOLITAN EAST COAST EXTENDING WEST OVER THE EVERGLADES. SOME
AREAS WILL RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
BE SEVERE HOWEVER AND SPOYTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MIAMI WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MIA.

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:00 UTC.

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Event by event

1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.

Waterspout, Palm Beach

When
June 4, 11:01 AM EST
Where
Palm Beach County, 3 mi E of West Palm Beach
Reported by
AIRPLANE PILOT
Coordinates
26.648, -80.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Two waterspouts were sighted in the Atlantic about one mile offshore Southern Boulevard.

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

More

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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: 5250993.