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 Feb 10, 4:59 AM EST, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 300 AM EST SUN FEB 10 2002 SW FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO ADVECT SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY...MAINTAINING CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS OVER THE AREA. UPPER AIR SOUNDING AND MODELS INDICATE SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY/ISENTROPIC LIFT FOR LIKELY POPS TODAY...INCLUDING THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE PREVIOUS ADVERTISED COLD FRONT FOR TONIGHT...NOW LOOKS LIKE IT WILL MAKE IT TO THE VICINITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA...WHERE IT WILL STALL OUT. THE AVN CONTINUES TO SHOW A LOW DEVELOPING OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO ALONG THE STALLED FRONT AND MOVE IT ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA LATE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THIS FEATURE WILL KEEP THE PRECIPITATION IN THE FORECAST...IF IT DEVELOPS. MODELS ALSO INDICATE A SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE SE U.S. MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY THAT COULD ENHANCE THE INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE OVER SOUTH FLORIDA AND SUPPORTS CHANCE OF POPS OVER THE AREA.. IN THE EXTENDED...A STRONGER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BEHIND THIS FRONT SHOULD THEN BUILD INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN US. DRIER AND COOLER CONDITIONS ARE THEN EXPECTED FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. NO PROBLEMS FOR THE MARINE FORECASTS IN THE SHORTER TERM. EXPECT SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW THROUGH TODAY...BECOMING NORTHEASTERLY AS THE FRONT STALLS OVER SOUTH FLORIDA WATERS ON MONDAY. WINDS WILL VEER NORTHERLY WHEN THE FRONT PUSHES ALL THE WAY THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY. NO PROBLEMS FOR FIRE WEATHER. PBI TW 078/067 075/063 075 537554 FLL TW 078/069 076/067 076 537554 MIA TW 078/069 076/067 076 537554 APF TW 077/065 074/062 074 537554 .MIA...NONE.
FLZ063-066>075-101600- SOUTH FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 430 AM EST SUN FEB 10 2002 ...SLIGHT CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS EAST COAST BEACHES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... ...SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE... EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS, COMBINED WITH A LOW TIDE BETWEEN 1PM AND 2PM, WILL LEAD TO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF PALM BEACH, BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF A STALLED FRONTAL SYSTEM ACROSS THE AREA AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING OUT OF THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL KEEP CONDITIONS MOIST AND UNSTABLE. INSTABILITY IN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ADD TO THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS THAT HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE OUTSIDE CHANCE OF MINOR FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. AVERAGE RAINFALL RATES WILL VARY FROM AROUND AN INCH TO TWO INCHES WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAINS OCCUR. WIND GUSTS WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW THE SEVERE RANGE BUT COULD GUST FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE, NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MIA.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Three to five inches of rain fell between 10 am and 2 pm with nine inches measured at Lake Worth ina 38-hour period. A woman drove her vehicle into a canal and drowned when her car was swept away.
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, February 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: 5283582.