1 heavy rain, 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 28, 1:00 PM EST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2001 MODELS CONTINUE TO DIFFER ON THE FORECAST SCENARIO. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE ETA WAS BETTER INTIALIZED WITH THE SW TO NE POSITIONED JET PATTERN WITH THE CWA IN THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION AND AN ANALYZED CLOSED 1006 MB LOW NEAR THE NORTHEAST COAST OF THE YUCATAN. A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL FLORIDA. WILL LEAN TOWARDS THE ETA FOR THIS FORECAST PACKAGE. WILL KEEP 80 PERCENT ACROSS ALL SOUTH FLORIDA WITH OCNL HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH SATURDAY AND DECREASE POPS TO 50 PERCENT SAT NIGHT AND 40 PERCENT SUNDAY. ATTM...BELIEVE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR LATER TONIGHT THROUGH MID DAY SATURDAY WILL RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH SATURDAY UP TO 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH SLIGHTLY LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND THE UPPER DYNAMICS WILL ENHANCE THE PRECIPITATION AS THE FRONT SLIDES THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA SAT NIGHT BEING PUSHED BY A LARGE LOW LEVEL HIGH THAT WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION. FOR THE CWF...WILL NOT MAKE MUCH CHANGE FROM THE EARLIER PACKAGE. WINDS WILL BECOME SCA ATLANTIC WATERS SAT AND RELAX A LITTLE BEFORE GOING NE AT SCEC VALUES SUN. WILL BRING WINDS OVER THE LAKE UP TO SCEC SAT NIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE MONDAY OVER ALL AREAS. PBI TE 072/083 069/084 068 188854 FLL TE 074/084 071/084 071 188854 MIA TE 073/084 071/085 070 188854 APF TE 072/082 068/083 066 188854 .MIA....FLOOD WATCH ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT-SATURDAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Between 3 and 5 inches of rain with local amounts of 8 inches caused street flooding.
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: 5265861.