1 funnel cloud, 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 Jul 7, 12:45 PM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI 145 PM EDT SUN JUL 7 2002 ETA NOW MORE IN LINE WITH AVN. ETA HAS TOTALLY BACKED OFF THE INTENSITY AND SPEED OF DEVELOPMENT OF SURFACE LOW OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. BOTH MODELS NOW HAVE A SURFACE TROUGH/LOW OVER THE EASTERN GULF WITH MAIN LOW OVER THE WESTERN GULF (ALTHOUGH THE ETA STILL HAS THE STRONGEST FEATURE). THIS KEEPS US UNDER THE MOIST SOUTHEAST FLOW WHICH SEEMS REASONABLE. ALSO SURFACE RIDGING REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE CAROLINAS EXTENDING EAST INTO THE ATLANTIC. PWAT LEVELS REMAIN NEAR TWO INCHES OR MORE THROUGH THE PERIOD AND WITH STEERING FLOW REMAINING WEAK STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVERS. CONCENTRATION AS STATED ABOVE WILL BE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST WITH SOME PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. AT ANY RATE TIMING WILL TEND TO FAVOR LATE NIGHT AND MORNING ALONG THE EAST COAST AND AFTERNOON INTO EVENING FOR INTERIOR AND WEST COAST. MORE TYPICAL OF JULY THAN THE FIRST SEVERAL DAYS. EXTENDED...LITTLE CHANGE SEEN ALTHOUGH THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL SINK SOUTHWARD TO SOUTH FLORIDA BY THURSDAY. IT DOES NOT APPEAR AT THIS TIME THAT IT WILL GET ANY FARTHER SOUTH SO WE DO NOT GO BACK TO SOUTHWEST FLOW BUT INSTEAD REMAIN SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH. MARINE...NO HIGHLIGHTS HERE WITH GRADIENT REMAINING WEAK. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST UNTIL THURSDAY AT WHICH TIME THEY BECOME A LITTLE MORE SOUTHERLY AND THEN FRIDAY SOUTH EVERYWHERE. SPEEDS WILL BE 10 TO 15 KNOTS FOR MONDAY THEN BACK TO 10 KNOTS TUESDAY AND BEYOND. .CRYSTAL FACE...NO CHANGES HERE FROM PREVIOUS COUPLE OF DISCUSSIONS. SURFACE WINDS INCREASE ON MONDAY FROM THE SOUTHEAST WITH SOUTHEAST STEERING FLOW UP THROUGH 50H. SURFACE WIND SPEEDS WILL BE ABOUT 15 KNOTS THEN WEAKEN TO 10 KNOTS ABOVE 60H LEVEL. THIS WILL TEND TO FOCUS SHOWER DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE EAST COAST IN THE LATE NIGHT AND MORNING HOURS WITH MOVEMENT TO THE NORTHWEST. AS THE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS DURING THE LATE MORNING, FORWARD SPEED WILL BE ABOUT 5 TO 10 KNOTS AND THEN AS THEY BUILD INTO TSRA, FORWARD SPEED WILL SLOW WITH THE WEAKER UPPER FLOW. ANVILS WILL TEND TO FAVOR LOCATIONS PRETTY MUCH DIRECTLY ABOVE THE BASES AS WIND FLOW AT 30H TO 25H IS NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT ONLY 5 TO 10 KNOTS. PBI TT 076/087 077/087 075 304645 FLL TT 077/087 077/087 077 304645 MIA TT 077/087 077/088 076 304645 APF TT 074/089 073/088 073 304747 .MIA...NONE.
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:32 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
The Sheriff's Office reported a funnel cloud near the intersection of U.S. 80 and CR 833.
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, July 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: 5304146.