1 tornado, 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 6, 8:50 AM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 950 AM EDT THU SEP 6 2001 12Z ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT THE ATLANTIC RIDGE EXTENDS WEAKLY WESTWARD TO JUST LAKE OKEECHOBEE AREA. IN THE MEAN TIME BOTH...SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY...INDICATE A WEAK LOW TRYING TO DEVELOP JUST OFF THE GEORGIA/N FLORIDA WATERS WITH A WEAK TROUGH EXTENDING SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTH-CENTRAL FLORIDA. AN EXTENSION OF THIS TROUGH CONTINUES TO THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE GULF OF MEX. GREAT DEAL OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW/TROUGH...ESPECIALLY EAST OF GEORGIA/N-CENTRAL FLORIDA AND OVER THE GULF JUST OFF THE COAST. THIS LOW/TROUGH WILL DRIFT SOUTH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS THE ATLANTIC RIDGE BRIEFLY RETREATS EAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY LIGHT SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS OVER OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE WINDS BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE(NEARLY CALM) OVER LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND NORTHERN INTERIOR AREAS. THE RIDGE WILL TRY TO FORCE ITS WAY BACK NORTH TONIGHT. 12Z SOUNDING INDICATES WETTER CONDITIONS OVER OUR AREA THAN YESTERDAY WITH A PW=2.09 ALSO K=34. IT ALSO INDICATES VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WHEN MODIFIED FOR AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES. SO WILL EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE EASTERN METRO AREAS AND DRIFT VERY SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST. LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS A SURE BET...AS THESE STORMS WILL EITHER REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OR DRIFT EVER SO SLOWLY. SO WILL EXPECT LOCALIZED FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. .MIA...NONE. GARCIA
AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-GMZ656-657-676-062000- SOUTH FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 530 AM EDT THU SEP 6 2001 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY... ...SLIGHT CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS TODAY... HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MOSTLY LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE INTERIOR AND WESTERN SECTIONS. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FOR LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON ACTIVITY DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF THE METROPOLITAN AREAS ALONG THE EAST COAST. THE STORMS WILL THEN CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SLOWLY WEST. 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. IN ADDITION...LIGHT WINDS AT LOW LEVELS IN THE ATMOSPHERE TODAY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS WILL PRODUCE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS.
AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-GMZ656-657-676-062000- SOUTH FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 930 AM EDT THU SEP 6 2001 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON... ...SLIGHT CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS TODAY... HIGH PRESSURE JUST NORTH OF THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MOSTLY LIGHT SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE INTERIOR AND WESTERN SECTIONS. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FOR EARLY AFTERNOON ACTIVITY DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF THE METROPOLITAN AREAS ALONG THE EAST COAST. THE STORMS WILL THEN CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWEST. THE HAZARDS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY 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. IN ADDITION...LIGHT WINDS AT LOW LEVELS IN THE ATMOSPHERE TODAY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS WILL PRODUCE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS. GARCIA
The Miami radar (KAMX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:15 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
The Sheriff's Office reported a tornado on the ground for about one half mile. The tornado did no known damage and caused no casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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