1 waterspout, 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 Sep 11, 8:35 AM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 935 AM EDT TUE SEP 11 2001 THE LOW IN THE GULF OF MEXICO SHIFTED SOUTH SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT. IT IS STILL RATHER BROAD. THE MORNING SOUNDINGS SHOW A SLIGHTLY MORE EASTERLY FLOW SO THE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MORE NUMEROUS INLAND AND OVER THE WEST COAST. THE CLEAR SKIES THIS MORNING WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM MORE THAN WE HAVE SEEN RECENTLY SO WILL NEED TO UPDATE THE ZONES TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES. .MIA...FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES THROUGH THURSDAY.
AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-GMZ656-657-676-111900- SOUTH FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 900 AM EDT TUE SEP 11 2001 ...FLOOD WATCH ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH THURSDAY... ...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY... DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE IN THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO PULL VERY MOIST AIR NORTHWARD OVER SOUTH FLORIDA. THE COMBINATION OF ABUNDANT MOISTURE, SEA BREEZE FORMATION AND AFTERNOON HEATING WILL LEAD TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE AREA OF GREATEST THREAT TODAY WILL BE OVER THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST. THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN IN SOME AREAS WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLOODING, ESPECIALLY IN POORLY DRAINED LOW-LYING AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO FIVE INCHES POSSIBLE. OTHER HAZARDS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OR AREAS OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THE URBAN AREAS 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 16:20 UTC.
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported a waterspout in the Atlantic offshore Sunny Isles beach.
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, September 2001
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