1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 30, 12:40 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 140 PM EDT WED MAY 30 2001 SURFACE PRESSURE HAS REMAINED ABOUT THE SAME OVER THE AREA SINCE TUESDAY ALTHOUGH THE RIDGE LINE APPEARS TO HAVE SHIFTED SOUTH. THIS WAS ABOUT AS MODELED. COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS LEFT US WITH OUR SHARE OF MISSING RAOBS THIS MORNING. HOWEVER GOES SOUNDER DOES SHOW DRIER AIR TO OUR EAST AND THIS SEEMS TO WANT TO MOVE OVER OUR ZONES. SO SINCE THE NGM HAS BEEN HANDLING THIS THE BEST WILL KEEP THE PROBABILITIES DOWN THROUGH TOMORROW THEN BRING THEM BACK UP ON FRIDAY AS THE FRONT TO OUR NORTH SHOULD BRING THE DEEP MOISTURE OVER THE ENTIRE PENINSULA. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN ABOUT THE SAME. THE MARINE WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN GOOD BOATING THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH NO REAL WIND PROBLEMS UNTIL EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A STRONGER HIGH IN THE ATLANTIC AND STRONGER EASTERLY WINDS. THE EXTENDED PICTURE HAS CHANGED A LITTLE FROM WHAT HAD BEEN EXPECTED EARLIER. WE WERE LOOKING FOR THE SURFACE RIDGE TO SHIFT WELL TO THE NORTH AND BUILD. THIS WOULD HAVE PUT US INTO THE NIGHT AND MORNING ACTIVITY ALONG THE EASTERN ZONES AND AFTERNOON EVENING INLAND. HOWEVER NOW THE UPPER RIDGE IS MODELED TO REMAIN EAST OF US...SO WITH THIS BASIC REVERSAL SINCE YESTERDAYS MODEL RUNS WE CAN NO LONGER HAVE THE SAME CONFIDENCE. THEREFORE WILL NOT TRY TO MAKE A DISTINCTION IN THE SHOWER TIMING IN THE EXTEND|ED. ALSO LOWER MAXIMUMS AND HIGHER MINIMUMS ALONG THE EASTERN ZONES ARE LESS LIKELY. PBI BT 074/089 074/088 074 1325 MIA BT 076/088 076/088 076 1325 .MIA...NONE.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:39 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
The Highway Patrol reported a funnel cloud near SR 80 at 20-mile bend.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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