1 heavy rain, 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 Dec 12, 2:30 AM EST, 7 hours 30 minutes earlier.
SOUTH FLORIDA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI 230 AM EST THU DEC 12 2002 STALLED FRONT OVER SOUTH FLORIDA AT THIS HOUR WILL BEGIN TO MOVE BACK NORTH LATER TODAY. ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL SPREAD NORTH OVER THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY BECOMING MOST PRONOUNCED OVER THE NORTHERN ZONES. MODELS ALL SEEM PRETTY MUCH IN SYNC WITH THIS FEATURE AND RADAR/SATELLITE TRENDS CONCUR. MODELS ALL INDICATING DRIER AIR MOVING INTO SOUTHERN ZONES LATER TODAY. GIVEN CURRENT RADAR TRENDS WILL BRING POPS FOR SOUTHERN ZONES UP A BIT FOR TODAY...HIGHER THAN MOS GUIDANCE...BUT MENTION IMPROVING CONDITIONS IN THE AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS OVER NORTHERN ZONES WILL ONLY GO DOWNHILL AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. STRONG LIFT WILL MOVE WELL NORTH OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND ALL GUIDANCE INDICATES MUCH LESS CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION THAN EARLIER RUNS HAD DEPICTED. WILL LOWER FORECAST POPS INTO THE CHANCE CATEGORY ALL ZONES FOR TONIGHT. AS SURFACE LOW REALLY GETS CRANKIN TO THE NORTH FRIDAY AND DEVELOPMENT OVER THE ATLANTIC COAST BEGINS TO TAKE OVER...STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER SOUTH FLORIDA WILL ENSUE. MODELS BRING BACK DEEPER MOISTURE AND BETTER CAPE FOR FRIDAY. ALSO...THERE SHOULD LIKELY EXIST ENOUGH SUNSHINE TO RAISE AFTERNOON HIGHS TO THE LOWER 80S EAST COAST. WILL LIKELY SEE CONVECTION DEVELOP EVERYWHERE BUT ESPECIALLY EAST COAST LATER IN THE DAY. WILL KEEP 60 PERCENT POPS AS CURRENTLY POSTED. COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS OUT AHEAD OF IT. FRONT WILL MOVE WELL SOUTH OF THE PENINSULA SATURDAY AND THINGS WILL BEGIN TO DRY OUT NICELY. SUNDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY SEE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE NEW AIRMASS WITH UPPER 40S POSTED FOR NORTH INTERIOR ZONES AND 50S ELSEWHERE. WILL KEEP SIMILAR FORECAST FOR MONDAY...THEN A GRADUAL MODERATION WILL BRING US BACK CLOSER TO CLIMATOLOGY BY WEDNESDAY. MARINE WINDS WILL BE ENE TODAY THEN SHIFT TO SE AS FRONT MOVES NORTH. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT THEN SHIFT TO SOUTH/SOUTHWEST FRIDAY INTO ADVISORY TERRITORY. WINDS WILL VEER AROUND TO NORTHWEST ALL ZONES BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS WILL STILL BE RATHER HIGH AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS SATURDAY AND THE GULF STREAM WILL BUILD TO 10 FEET. WILL SEE A GRADUAL VEERING AND DIMINISHING OF WINDS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. NO HIGHLIGHTS FOR FIRE WEATHER. PBI WT 078/072 082/061 073 24646 FLL WT 081/073 082/064 074 24536 MIA WT 081/073 083/064 074 24536 APF WT 078/072 078/062 073 24536 .MIA...NONE.
FLZ063-066>075-121700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 521 AM EST THU DEC 12 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA ON FRIDAY AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH FLORIDA FRIDAY NIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
The roof of a U.S. Food Mart collapsed under the weight of heavy rain.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, December 2002
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: 5326088.