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 26, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 230 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2001 FOR THIS WEEKEND A LARGE MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE CIRCULATION LEFT BEHIND OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COASTAL STATES AS WESTERLIES CUT OFF TO THE NORTH. THIS SYSTEM REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AND PROMISES TO KEEP ENOUGH VORTICITY AND SOUTHWESTERLY OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO FOR POSSIBLE TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT AND IS BEING WATCHED VERY CAREFULLY. A DEEP SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA WILL CONTINUE TO TAP INTO VERY TROPICAL AIR BEING DRAWN UP FROM THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN. THIS TREND CONTINUES THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH MODELS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND MOVE IT ACROSS THE CENTRAL/ SOUTHERN PENINSULA LATE THIS WEEK/EARLY WEEKEND. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO THE STATIONARY UPPER LEVEL LOW PENETRATING SOUTHWARD OVER THE WESTERN END OF THE STALLED FRONT. AT PRESENT AVN SEEMS TO BE FORECASTING A MUCH WEAKER SYSTEM AT THE SURFACE THAN PREVIOUS RUNS WITH AN ELONGATED TROUGH POSSIBLY CONTAINING MULTIPLE LOW CENTERS IN THE GULF. CURRENT MOISTURE PROGS INDICATE THAT SOME OF THE WETTEST WEATHER WILL OCCUR AS EARLY AS FRIDAY SO HAVE BUMPED POPS UP FOR FRIDAY WITH MENTION OF POSSIBLE HEAVY RAINS. OVER THE MARINE AREA WINDS ARE PROGGED TO BE MUCH LIGHER THAT PREVIOUS RUNS WITH LESS ORGANIZATION IN THE WIND FIELD. SYSTEM BEGINS TO LOOK LESS TROPICAL WITH TIME AND UPPER WINDS STILL ARE PRODUCING A LOT OF SHEAR ACROSS THE SYSTEM. WILL KEEP WIND SPEEDS FOR SAT FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 KNOT RANGE. CURRENT GUIDANCE INDICATES WHETHER OR NOT THIS SYSTEM EVENTUALLY BECOMES TROPICAL...THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. BECAUSE THE THE GENERAL WATER TABLE IS ABOVE NORMAL..A FLOOD OUTLOOK PRODUCT HAS BEEN ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON. IT IS AVAILABLE UNDER THE HEADER MIAESFMIA. THE FLOOD OUTLOOK IS A NEW WEATHER SERVICE PRODUCT THAT GIVES ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME...BEYOND THE TIME GIVEN BY A FLOOD WATCH OR WARNING. IF LATER FORECASTS AGREE WITH THE PRESENT SCENARIO A FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE PERIOD FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PBI TT 075/088 074/087 074 3638 FLL TT 076/088 075/087 075 3638 MIA TT 076/088 075/087 075 3638 APF TT 074/088 074/086 074 1518 .MIA....FLOOD OUTLOOK ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA FRIDAY-SATURDAY.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:32 UTC.
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
A waterspout was seen in the Atlantic offshore Hallandale 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
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: 5265859.