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 Jun 8, 9:07 AM EST, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1007 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 2001 SURFACE RIDGE ANALYZED OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE CWA AT 12Z WITH LIGHT SOUTH WINDS THROUGHOUT AREA. THIS RIDGE ACCORDING TO THE RUC AND 10 KM ETA WILL MOVE TO EXTREME SOUTH FLORIDA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO IT SHOWS THE HIGHEST MCONV OVER THE INTERIOR SOUTHEAST. THE PWAT ON THE 12Z SOUNDING WAS 1.58 AND THE 10 KM ETA SHOWS THE VALUES CLIMBING TO NEAR 1.90 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE RIDGE MOVING SOUTH...EXPECT THE SOUTHEAST SEABREEZE TO NOT PENETRATE TOO FAR INLAND AND THE GULF SEA BREEZE SHOULD PENETRATE WELL INLAND. MEAN WIND FLOW WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AND TURN MORE TO THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST LATER THIS AFTERNOON. FOR THE AM UPDATE...WILL LOWER POPS ALONG THE SW COAST AND INCREASE THEM AT BIT INLAND AND SOUTHEAST. UPDATED THE HWO TO ADD CHC OF WATERSPOUTS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS DUE TO FAVORABLE WINDS. FOR THE CWF...CURRENT FORECAST RIGHT ON TRACK WITH OBSERVED CONDITIONS SO NO CHANGES WILL BE MADE THERE. .MIA...NONE.
FLZ063-066>075-082000- SOUTH FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 920 AM EDT FRI JUN 08 2001 ...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE STEERING WINDS HAVE SHIFTED MORE TO THE SOUTH AND WILL TURN MORE TO THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS WILL ALLOW THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DRIFT SLOWLY TOWARD THE WESTERN METRO AREAS OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA. SOME AREAS WILL RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. WITH LOW LEVEL WINDS SHIFTING MORE TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST LATER TODAY AND ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING...SMOKE FROM THE WILDFIRE NEAR THE MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD COUNTY BORDER COULD DRIFT INTO THE DENSELY POPULATED AREAS OF BROWARD COUNTY. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. FAVORABLE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTIONS AND ADEQUATE MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE A CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON OVER THE SOUTHEAST COASTAL WATERS OF FLORIDA. MARINERS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT AND LOOKOUT FOR WATERSPOUT DEVELOPMENT. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE ALT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MIA.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:54 UTC.
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
A pilot sighted a waterspout in the Atlantic, about 28 miles southwest of Freeport, Grand Bahama Island.
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
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