1 lightning, 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 8, 11:30 AM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1230 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2001 SYNOPTIC PATTERN CHANGES LITTLE NEXT 36 HOURS AS 50H RIDGE OVER NEW ENGLAND THEN S ALONG 70W INTO THE ATLC AND BROAD 50H TROUGH OVER THE MID WEST MOVES LITTLE AS WELL. BY MONDAY, RIDGE INCHES EAST AND MID WEST TROUGH BEGINS TO FILL AND LIFT OUT OVER THE GREAT LAKES. BUT THIS CHANGES THE WEATHER PATTERN FOR S FLA VERY LITTLE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. MID LEVEL/SURFACE CIRCULATION OFF OF THE SC COAST, TRAPPED UNDER THE 50H RIDGE, WITH TROUGH FROM SYSTEM EXTENDING SW ACROSS CENTRAL FLA INTO GUFMEX WILL PERSIST MOST LIKELY WITH A SURFACE RIDGE SE OF S FLA OVER S BAHAMAS/N CARIB. EVEN WITH THE GREAT PLAINS TROUGH FILLING AND UPPER HIGH MOVING SOME, THIS TROFINESS OVER CENTRAL FLA WILL PERSIST WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. FOR THE NEAR TERM, NO FLOODING OF ANY TYPE HAS BEEN REPORTED AS OF THIS TYPING. BUT CALLS EARLIER TODAY TO COUNTY EOCS AND PERUSING 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS FROM RAWS, ASOS, KAMX-88D RAINFALL ESTIMATES AND SFWMD RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THAT OVER 1 AND UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WIDELY FELL IN GLADES, HENDRY, COLLIER AND PORTIONS OF PALM BEACH COUNTIES. FOR THE MOST PART, THESE AREAS WILL REMAIN THE MOST VULNERABLE TO FLOODING IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS THAT ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY. BUT WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER REMAINING ABOVE 2 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY, WITH THE TROUGH OVER CENTRAL FLA PERSISTING AND WITH EXPECTED SEA BREEZE DEVELOPING CONVERGENCE ZONES, WILL CONTINUE THE FLOOD WATCH FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WEIGH ISSUED TOMORROW ABOUT MONDAY. BUT THE OVER ALL WEATHER PATTERN CHANGES LITTLE THROUGH MIDWEEK AT LEAST. IN THE EXTENDED, MODELS HINT AT SOME DRIER AIR FILTERING S OVER FLA BEHIND SYSTEM AFTER MONDAY BUT WET S FLA WILL SEE A GOOD CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DRY REGARDLESS. AND THEN ANOTHER TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE E U.S. AND AFFECTS S FLA AGAIN. IN THE COASTAL ZONES, WINDS WAFFLE FROM S TO W BUT STAY LESS THAN 10 KNOTS THROUGH ALL PERIODS. WEATHER SHOULD REMAIN FAIRLY ACTIVE OVER THE WATER AT NIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. PBI TT 074/087 073/088 075 1547453 FLL TT 076/088 075/089 077 1547453 MIA TT 075/088 075/090 076 1547453 APF TB 074/087 075/088 075 1535342= .MIA...FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES SUNDAY.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:17 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck the mast of a 50-foot catamaran docked in the 300 block of SW 27 Avenue causing a fire which heavily damaged the craft.
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: 5265850.