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 Mar 19, 9:35 AM EST, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 935 AM EST MON MAR 19 2001 LOCAL ANALYSIS SHOWS WARM FRONT FROM NEAR PBI TO JUST NORTH OF APF.DEWPOINTS TO THE SOUTH OF THE FRONT ARE IN THE 70S WITH READINGS TO THE NORTH IN THE 60S. RADAR AND SATELLITE ARE SHOWING THAT THE BRUNT OF THE PRECIPITATION IS CURRENTLY FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY WESTWARD TO LEE COUNTY SO THIS LOOKS LIKE ARE LOCATION FOR THE FRONT. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE GREATEST ALONG THE WARM FRONT WHERE THE SHRAR AND INSTABILITY WILL BE THE GREATEST. THUS...IF AND WHEN SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON THEY PROBABLY WILL INCLUDE OUR NORTHERN ZONES. WITH SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING IN THE GULF AND MOVING OVER NORTH FLORIDA...THIS SHOULD ALSO RESULT IN COPIUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN FOR THE ENTIRE STATE INCLUDING SOUTH FLORIDA. CURRENTLY PRECIP WATER IS MORE THAN 1.60 INCHES OVER THE AREA WITH VALUES STAYING ABOVE 1.50 INCHES UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS PLUS HIGH VERT VELOCITIES DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS MEANS THAT PRECIP IS ALMOST CERTAIN. NO FIRE WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS. MIA TN 081/069 079/056 073 1577710 PBI TN 080/068 077/054 072 15786-0= .MIA...wSMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR THE GULF STREAM WATERS TODAY.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:12 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A SKYWARN spotter sighted a funnel cloud forming near Climatis and Quadrille Roads.
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, March 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: 5233746.