1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 13, 11:45 AM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI 1245 PM EDT SUN OCT 13 2002 SCENARIO OF IMPENDING/DEVELOPING WEATHER FOR S FLA BECOMING SIMILAR IN SHORT/MEDIUM RANGE MODELS. A SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES WITH THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT IN THE SE U.S. SLOWING DOWN TO AN EXPECTED HALT OVER N FLA. A BROAD LATITUDE TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AS A MYRIAD OF SHORT WAVES DIVE SE INTO THE SYSTEM AS A BROAD AREA OF DISTURBANCE OVER THE W CARIB MOVES NORTHWARD IN RESPONSE TO THE TROUGH OVER THE MIDWEST AND HIGH PRESSURE SHOVED TO THE SE OVER THE CENTRAL CARIB AND S ATLC. FOR THE SHORT TERM, TONIGHT THROUGH TUE NIGHT, INCREASING ISENTROPIC LIFT EXPECTED OVER S FLA EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 18Z TUE THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE TUE AFTN AND RAPIDLY BECOME DOWNWARD MOTION 06Z WED (TUE NIGHT) COMPLETELY TERMINATING RAINFALL. MODELS HAVE SHOWN A LITTLE WRINKLE IN THAT A SECONDARY LOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE N GULF WHICH WILL HAVE THE EFFECT OF SLOWING DOWN THE EXPECTED NE MOVEMENT OF THE AREA OF WEATHER MOVING N FROM THE CARIB. TO SUPPORT THE GULF DEVELOPMENT, MODELS INDICATE SOME POTENTIAL VORTICITY MOVING SE INTO THE GULF MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE POTENTIAL VORTICITY INTERSECTING A TONGUE OF RELATIVELY MOISTURE RICH THETA E AIR NOSED TOWARD THE GULF COAST. THIS LOW EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL BECOMES MORE LIKELY. SINCE THIS SOMEWHAT IS A DEPARTURE IN EXPECTED RAINFALL FROM PREVIOUS RUNS, WILL NOT HOIST ANY HIGHLIGHTS BUT WILL ADDRESS DETAILS IN THE HWO. BUT THE CWA WILL SEE WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAINLY MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING WILL THE BULK OF THE RAINFALL POSSIBLE TUE. SO, HARDLY ANY CHANGE TONIGHT BUT DETERIORATING CONDITIONS (INCREASING CLOUDS AND HIGHER POPS MONDAY WITH MAINLY NOCTURNAL POPS E COAST MON NIGHT BUT WIDESPREAD RAIN TUE, HEAVY AT TIMES, ENDING TUE NIGHT. IN THE EXTENDED, THE STALLED FRONT OVER N FLA GETS REINFORCED BY ANOTHER COLD FRONT WHICH WILL BOLDLY MOVE THROUGH S FLA WED. VERY DRY AND STABLE AIR MOVES OVER THE AREA AND PERSISTS INTO THE WEEKEND THOUGH THE E COAST MAY BECOME VULNERABLE TO SHOWERS FROM THE ATLC AS WINDS BECOME NE FOR THE WEEKEND. DEWPOINTS WILL DROP INTO THE 60S WED WITH 50S POSSIBLE INTERIOR AND W THU WITH THE DEVOLOPING NE WIND FLOW INCREASING DEWPOINTS AGAIN INTO THE WEEKEND. IN THE MARINE ZONES, WINDS E 10 KNOTS BASICALLY TONIGHT AND MONDAY BUT BEGIN TO INCREASE AND VEER WITH THE APPROACHING CARIB, N GULF LOWS. MON NIGHT WINDS SE 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING S TO SW 15 TO 20 KNOTS TUE AND W TUE NIGHT INCREASING POSSIBLE MORE IN THE GULF. AT THE MOMENT, SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION TUE AND TUE NIGHT ATLC AND GULF WATERS BUT ADVISORIES POSSIBLY NOT NEEDED UNTIL EXTENDED PERIOD. FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS THROUGH TUE NIGHT BUT LOWER RH EXPECTED IN LATER IN THE WEEK. PBI BR 076/087 075/084 074 1535784= FLL BR 078/086 078/085 075 1535784= MIA BR 077/087 077/084 074 1535784= APF BR 074/087 074/081 072 1545773= .MIA...NONE.
FLZ066>075-132000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1215 PM EDT SUN OCT 13 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE... ...CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS INTERIOR THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS INTERIOR AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. THE ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY END BY 8 PM. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY... WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO FIVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY RAIN COMES THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY PERHAPS DAMAGING WINDS. LOW PRESSURE AREAS WILL BE APPROACHING SOUTH FLORIDA FROM BOTH THE NORTHWEST CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO. THE CONVERGENCE OF TROPICAL DEEP LAYER MOISTURE...STRONG UPWARD MOTION AND HIGH INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY CAUSE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOUTH FLORIDA MAY ALSO BE IN THE WARM SECTOR OF THE CARIBBEAN LOW PROVIDING TURNING OF THE WIND WITH HEIGHT AND THUS THE CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON TUESDAY. A COLD FRONT ATTACHED TO THE LOW IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL SWEEP THE MOISTURE TO THE EAST OF FLORIDA ON WEDNESDAY AND USHER IN MUCH DRYER AND COOLER AIR. THIS WILL LIKELY MARK THE END OF THE RAINY SEASON WHICH BEGAN ON MAY 12. LUSHINE
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:04 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
The pilot of a small plane sighted two funnel clouds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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