1 waterspout, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 7, 12:55 PM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 154 PM EDT FRI SEP 6 2001 MODELS QUITE SIMILAR IN OVERALL SYNOPTIC PATTERNS BUT HAVE RULED OUT NGM CAUSE FOR 2 DAYS IT HAS TRIED TO BOLDLY MOVE DRIER AIR OVER BAHAMAS TO S FLA AND IT HASNT HAPPENED AND MODEL ATTEMPTS TO DO IT AGAIN OVER THE WEEKEND. WILL LEAN TOWARD ETA/AVN SOLUTION. LARGE SYNOPTIC PATTERN SIMILAR TO THURSDAY EXCEPT SHIFTED E SOME. LARGE 50H RIDGE OVER NEW ENGLAND AND MID ATLC STATES WITH LARGE TROUGH DEVELOPING IN THE GREAT PLAINS. AGAIN, MINOR FEATURES AFFECTING S FLA BUT WITH MAJOR RESULTS FOR THE FORECAST. VORT MAX SPINNING OVER ATLC E JAX AND MODELS KEEP A LOW OFF THE COAST THROUGH THE PERIOD (LOOK AT WATER VAPOR AND SEVERAL VORTICES CAN BE SEEN E OF JAX) WITH 85H AND 70H TROUGH OVER N CENTRAL/CENTRAL FLA THROUGH THE PERIOD. OVER S FLA, SURFACE ANALYSIS THIS MORNING INDICATED A SURFACE THOUGH OVER S FLA WITH MOST MODELS INDICATING SYSTEM WILL PERSIST OVER S FLA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER HOVERING AROUND 2 INCHES, SURFACE TROUGH OVER AREA AND DEVELOPMENT OF SEA BREEZES ALONG EACH COAST TO GO ALONG WITH AMPLE AFTERNOON HEATING, COPIUS AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY SAT AND SUN IN SLOW MOVING TSTMS AS STEERING WINDS, MAINLY SW, WILL BE 10 KNOTS OR LESS. SINCE HEATING WILL BE THE MAIN EMPHASIS FOR CONVECTION, ANY CHANCE OF FLOODING WILL OCCUR MAINLY IN DAYLIGHT HOURS AS CONVECTION WILL DIE OVER THE INTERIOR AT NIGHT BUT WILL CONTINUE IN THE COASTAL WATERS. THUS, A FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR SOUTH FLORIDA FOR SAT THROUGH SUN BUT WITH EMPHASIS ON THE DAYLIGHT HOURS (I KNOW I REPEATED THIS POINT BUT IT IS SIGNIFICANT). AT ONE TIME, FELT THAT JUST THE INTERIOR COUNTIES WOULD BE VULNERABLE BUT CHANGED MIND. THE W COAST MAY SEE OUTFLOWS GOING TO THE COAST CONVERGING WITH THE W COAST SEA BREEZE. ON THE EAST COAST WITH STEERING WINDS BECOMING SW TO W (GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 KNOTS), CONVERGENCE WITH THE E COAST SEA BREEZE LIKELY AND THE COASTAL AREAS ON BOTH SIDES OF S FLA WILL NOT BE SPARED. THERE WILL BE NO SYNOPTIC FORCING TO MAKE RAINFALL WIDESPREAD. BUT DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT AND AREAS OF CONVERGENCE, A LOT OF S FLA WILL SEE RAIN BUT FLOODING RAINS WILL BE SPOTTY BUT THE WHOLE AREA COULD BE VULNERABLE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS MAINLY SAT AND SUN (OOPS SAID IT AGAIN). IN THE COASTALS, SOUTHERLY WINDS VEERING TO SW TO W SLOWLY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 10 KNOTS. PBI TT 075/087 074/088 073 1537463 FLL TT 077/088 076/089 076 1537463 MIA TT 077/089 077/090 077 1547463 APF TT 075/088 075/088 075 1535352= .MIA...FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:01 UTC.
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
A waterspout was sighted in the Atlantic just offshore Port Everglades.
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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