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 Sep 24, 8:30 AM EST, 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 930 AM EDT MON SEP 24 2001 12Z SOUNDING A LITTLE WETTER THAN YESTERDAYS WITH A PW= 1.89, K=29 AND AFTERNOON CAPE 4,000. NOT ONLY WILL EXPECT MORE ACTIVITY THAN YESTERDAY, BUT ALSO EXPECT THE THUNDERSTORMS TO BE CLOSER TO THE EASTERN METRO AREAS. ALTHOUGH THE BRUNT OF THE TSTMS/SHWRS WILL BE OVER INTERIOR AND NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE. MEAN FLOW MOSTLY SOUTH AT 7 KTS. SO WILL EXPECT THE THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY NORTH OR EVEN SLIGHTLY EAST OF DUE NORTH WITH PROBABLY PALM BEACH BEING MORE AFFECTED THAN FT LAUDERDALE/MIAMI. THIS LIGHT FLOW COULD ALSO MEAN LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AS THESE STORMS WILL EITHER MOVE VERY SLOWLY OR REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY. IN ANY CASE...CURRENT FORECAST CALLS FOR A GOOD CHANCE OF AFTERNOON TSTMS/SHWRS OVER ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA. I AGREE WITH IT, SO NO CHANGES PLANNED. NO CHANGES EITHER FOR THE MARINE FORECAST. .MIA....NONE. GARCIA
FLZ063-066>075-241800- SOUTH FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 430 AM EDT MON SEP 24 2001 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY. ONCE AGAIN THE THE BRUNT OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE OVER THE INTERIOR AND WESTERN COUNTIES. NO OTHER WEATHER RELATED HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MIA.
FLZ063-066>075-242000- SOUTH FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 905 AM EDT MON SEP 24 2001 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. THE MEAN STEERING FLOW WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH. THEREFORE...THE BRUNT OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE OVER THE INTERIOR AND NORTHERN COUNTIES NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE. THE MAIN HAZARD WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. SINCE THE MEAN FLOW IS ALSO VERY LIGHT...THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO EITHER MOVE VERY SLOWLY NORTHWARD OR TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY. OTHER HAZARDS WILL INCLUDE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. NO OTHER WEATHER RELATED HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MIA. GARCIA
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:06 UTC.
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
A waterspout was sighted in the Atlantic just offshore Palm Beach Shores.
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
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: 5265858.