1 thunderstorm wind, 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 13, 9:35 AM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
SOUTH FLORIDA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI 935 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2002 CURRENT AREA OF CONVECTION OVER THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND TRACK EASTWARD. MOST OF THE STRONGEST CELLS STILL OVER THE WATER AND NORTH OF OUR CWA BUT WILL ENTER OUR NORTHWEST COUNTIES PRIOR TO NOON. LOW LEVEL SHEAR IS WEAKENING BUT STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SEVERE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE OF THE SOUTHWEST COAST. THAT IN MIND WILL LEAVE ZONE PACKAGE AS IS FOR NOW AND WILL UPDATE AS NEEDED FOR FURTHER WATCHES OR CANCELLATIONS. CURRENT THINKING IS THE EAST COAST WILL PROBABLY EXPERIENCE THE BULK OF THE WEATHER FROM MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. MARINE WISE, BUOYS CLOSE TO ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR BISCAYNE BAY. FOWEY ROCKS AND LAKE WORTH HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT AT 20 KNOTS OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE. THEREFORE WILL GO AHEAD AND PUT UP SCA FOR ALL WATERS EXCEPT LAKE OKEECHOBEE. .MIA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ALL WATERS EXCEPT LAKE OKEECHOBEE.
FLZ063-066>075-131700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 650 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY ...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY... ...CHANCE FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG COLLIER COUNTY BEACHES... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY. ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH HAS SPREAD ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EXTENDING INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS IN THIS MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE ESPECIALLY ACROSS GLADES, HENDRY, AND COLLIER COUNTIES INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING, LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN, AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 60 MPH. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. ALSO, SOUTHWEST OF 20 KNOTS OVER THE GULF COASTAL WATERS AND THE ADJACENT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST WILL RESULT IN A CHANCE FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE BEACHES OF COLLIER COUNTY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MIA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HANDEL/BRABANDER
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:45 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A coop observer reported trees blown down along Highway 78 on the Brighton Indian Reservation.
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
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