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 Oct 11, 8:30 AM EST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI 930 AM EDT FRI OCT 11 2002 DRY SINKING AIR STILL OVERLAYS THE LOCAL AREA ALTHOUGH MOISTURE VALUES HAVE BEEN SLOWLY RISING SINCE YESTERDAY AS PWATS HAVE RISEN TO 1.63 AT EYW AND 1.83 INCHES AT MIA. ATMOSPHERE SHOULD CONTINUE TO UNDERGO LITTLE OTHER CHANGES UP INTO THE EARLY WEEKEND WITH A DEFINITE DRY BIAS PRODUCING POPS ON THE LOW SIDE (SLIGHT CHANCE). NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ARE EXPECTED WITH EITHER THE MARINE OR PUBLIC ZONES IN THE MORNING UPDATES. .MIA...NONE.
FLZ063-066>075-112000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1040 AM EDT FRI OCT 11 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE... ...SLIGHT CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS INTERIOR/WESTERN SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE INTERIOR AND SOUTH WEST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO THE COLLISIONS OF THE SEA BREEZES AND THE HEATING OF THE DAY. IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER MOVE INTO A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED BY. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. BAXTER
The Miami radar (KAMX), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:07 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A SKYWARN spotter sighted a funnel cloud near Red Road and the Florida Turnpike in north Miami-Dade County.
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, October 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: 5315684.