1 funnel cloud, 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 5, 1:00 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2001 ONLY VERY MINOR CHANGES IN PATTERN OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS WITH WEAK SURFACE RIDGE PARKED ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA. TODAYS STEERING FLOW WAS A LITTLE MORE SOUTHERLY THAN PAST TWO DAYS...CAUSING SEA BREEZE CONVECTION TO HANG CLOSER TO THE EAST METRO AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...DRYER DEEP LAYER AIR PUNCHES INTO THE AREA FROM THE EAST...AND STEERING FLOW BECOMES MORE EASTERLY...MEANING A DECREASE IN POPS ALONG THE EAST COAST. EXTENDED... FLOW ONCE AGAIN BECOMES MORE SOUTHERLY ON SUNDAY WITH A SUBSEQUENT INCREASE IN POPS ALONG EAST COAST THROUGH MONDAY THEN STEERING WINDS BECOME MORE NORTHEAST WHICH WILL STABILIZE THINGS AND LEAD TO LOWER POPS ALL AREAS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. MARINE... WINDS CONTINUE EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 KNOTS. PBI BB 078/091 078/090 078 33232 FLL BB 081/091 081/091 080 33232 MIA BB 080/092 080/091 079 33232 APF TT 075/094 075/094 075 35252 .MIA...NONE.
AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-GMZ656-657-676-052000- SOUTH FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1115 AM EDT WED SEP 5 2001 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON... HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MOSTLY LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SPREAD SLOWLY WESTWARD AND BECOMING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS OVER THE INTERIOR AND WESTERN SECTIONS. THE HAZARDS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE 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. GARCIA
The Miami radar (KAMX), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:45 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
The observer at Homestead Air Reserve Base sighted a funnel cloud.
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: 5265844.