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 3, 11:30 AM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1230 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2001 GENERALLY WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN OVER THE AREA CONTINUES WITH WEAK RIDGE IN PLACE BOTH SURFACE AND ALOFT. NOT MUCH CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS DAYS EXCEPT FOR A GRADUAL INCREASE IN DEEP LAYER MOISTURE THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE YESTERDAY AND LIKELY RESPONSIBLE FOR A FEW MORE COASTAL SHOWERS AROUND THIS MORNING. TROUGHING STILL PRESENT OVER THE CAROLINAS TO TENNESSEE AND LOUISIANA NOT GOING ANYWHERE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. IN THE EXTENDED THIS TROUGH GETS PULLED SOUTHWARD TO ALONG THE GULF COAST BY THE WEEKEND AS IT GETS PICKED UP BY A MORE SUBSTANTIAL TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES BY THEN. THIS FEATURE HAS LITTLE EFFECT ON SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD HOWEVER IN THE LONG RANGE OUT BEYOND THE EXTENDED PERIOD THE MRF SHOWS SAME TROUGH BEING PUSHED INTO SOUTH FLORIDA. TROPICAL WAVE TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING HAS VERY LITTLE CONVECTION EXTENDING NORTH OF 20N AND WILL NOT BE A FACTOR IN LOCAL FORECAST. MORE SIGNIFICANT IS THE TUTT LOW SHOWING UP JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE CAICOS ISLANDS. SATELLITE LOOPS OF BOTH VISIBLE AND WATER VAPOR THIS MORNING INDICATE A SLOW WESTWARD PROGRESSION MAY HAVE BEGUN. ALL MODELS HAVE MADE A CONSENSUS OF FORECASTING THIS SINCE YESTERDAY AS WELL AS IN THE 12Z RUNS THIS MORNING. UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE ALSO INDICATED OUT TO THE WEST OF THE UPPER CIRCULATION CENTER AND THIS SHOULD KEEP SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. BASED ON THIS ALONG WITH A GENERAL ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE WE ARE PLANNING TO KEEP POPS AT ABOVE CLIMO LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE INTERMEDIATE AND LONG RANGE PERIOD OF THE FORECAST. MARINE...NO BIG CHANGES EXPECTED AS LIGHT WINDS PREDOMINATE WITH WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN CONTINUING. PBI TT 078/090 078/090 078 4545 FLL TT 081/090 081/090 081 4545 MIA TT 081/091 081/091 081 4545 APF TT 075/091 075/091 075 4646 .MIA...NONE.
FLZ063-066>075-032000- SOUTH FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 930 AM EDT MON SEP 3 2001 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY... ...SLIGHT CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS SOUTHEAST COAST BEACHES TODAY... ...SLIGHT CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS TODAY... HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS TODAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FOR AFTERNOON ACTIVITY DEVELOPING INITIALLY OVER THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF THE METROPOLITAN EAST COAST. THE STORMS WILL THEN CONTINUE DEVELOPING AND MOVE NORTHWEST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND EARLY EVENING OVER THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST. THE HAZARDS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. THERE MAY BE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AS THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL BE SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST. HOWEVER...THIS ACTIVITY IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE SEVERE AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY. EASTERLY WINDS AND AN AFTERNOON LOW TIDE WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA BEACHES. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS...PARTICULARLY OVER THE ATALNATIC WATERS THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. KOSIER
The Miami radar (KAMX), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:32 UTC.
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
The Beach Patrol sighted a waterspout in the Atlantic about one mile offshore.
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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