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 Sep 12, 12:04 PM EST, 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI
104 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2002
HAVE UPDATED FFA FOR S FLA. GLADES, HENDRY, AND COLLIER COUNTIES IN
WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ALL OTHER COUNTIES HAVE HAD PREVIOUS
WATCH EXPIRE AT NOON. HEAVIEST RAINFALL, NOTED BY 24 HOURS TOTALS
RECEIVED THIS MORNING AND BY CURRENT 88-D RADAR, RESTRICTED TO GULF
COAST/GULMEX AREAS.
SHORT RANGE MODELS HAVE FINALLY COME IN LINE WITH LONGER TERM MODELS
WITH DEVELOPMENT IN E GULF AND PRECIPITATION PATTERNS AND EVOLUTION
OF TD 9 TO HANNA. AS SYSTEM DEVELOPS AND MOVES NORTHWARD, SOME DRIER
AIR PULLED N FROM CARIB BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND SPREADING N INTO
THE WEEKEND. ADD TO THIS SOME SUBSIDENCE IN THE WAKE OF TD 9 AND
POPS WILL LOWER ACCORDINGLY WITH AFTERNOON MAX TEMPS RISING AS CLOUD
COVER LOWERED. STEERING WINDS REMAIN SW TONIGHT AND BEGIN TO GO
SOUTHERLY FRI INTO SAT AS SURFACE RIDGE AND RIDGE ALOFT BEGIN TO
BUILD OVER S FLA.
IN THE EXTENDED, STEERING FLOW CONTINUES TO BACK AND DEEPEN AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN. A MORE NORMAL S FLA LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING
AND AN INTERIOR AND W AFTERNOON PRECIPITATION PATTERN EVOLVES BY
MONDAY CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
IN THE MARINE ZONES, A SE TO S 10 TO 15 KT KNOT WIND FLOW BECOMES SE
FRI THROUGH SAT THEN DECREASES TO 10 KNOTS OR LESS SAT NIGHT THROUGH
TUE AS WINDS CONTINUE TO BACK TOWARD THE E.
NO FIRE WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS.
PBI TT 075/087 078/089 078 1545352
FLL TT 077/088 079/088 079 1545352
MIA TT 076/089 078/089 078 1545352
APF BB 075/088 076/089 076 1554343=
.MIA...FLOOD WATCH GLADES, HENDRY AND COLLIER COUNTIES THROUGH
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.FLZ063-066>075-122230- SOUTH FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1230 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2002 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON... ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS INTERIOR AND SOUTHEAST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON... THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA, AND TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE, OVER THE EAST-CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO, WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO THREE INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER SOUTH FLORIDA ALREADY SINCE MONDAY AND GROUNDS ARE NEARLY SATURATED ACROSS THE AREA. BOTH SATELLITE IMAGES AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVATIONS, INDICATE THAT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING OVER THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING AND THESE WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. FOR THIS REASON A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON COULD HAVE WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THE THREAT OF FLOODING EXISTS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO. BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. FOR REST OF SOUTH FLORIDA THERE WILL BE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST FLORIDA AND LIKELY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE INTERIOR THIS AFTERNOON. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WILL HAVE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY...AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MIA. BAXTER
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:05 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency Management Officials reported a funnel cloud.
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, September 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: 5316702.