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 Apr 16, 1:30 AM EST, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.
SOUTH FLORIDA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI 230 AM EDT WED APR 16 2003 FAIRLY TRANQUIL WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA NEXT 48 HOURS WITH JUST AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR TWO FROM TIME TO TIME. ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL MOVE ONSHORE EAST METRO AREAS OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING EACH DAY AND OTHERS WILL DEVELOP LATE AFTERNOON OVER THE MAINLAND. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ABOUT NORMAL AND DEWPOINTS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE PERIOD. UPPER TROUGH WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST THROUGH FRIDAY. SURFACE RIDGE WILL DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTH OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE PENINSULA. GFS MOS GUIDANCE LOOKS GOOD. NOT MUCH CHANGE INTO THE EXTENDED PERIODS WITH SURFACE RIDGE RESIDING OVER FLORIDA. WITH DEEPER MOISTURE IN PLACE AND ACTIVE SEABREEZES WILL MAINTAIN MENTION OF A FEW THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. LOWS WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S EAST COAST AND 60S ELSEWHERE. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. NORTHEAST/EAST FLOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS EAST COAST WATERS...LIGHTER ELSEWHERE. BY TONIGHT...GRADIENT WILL HAVE WEAKENED ENOUGH TO BEGIN AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LIGHT/VARIABLE WINDS ALL ZONES. GULF STREAM SEAS WILL REMAIN ABOUT 5 FEET FOR TODAY ONLY. NO HIGHLIGHTS FOR ANY OF THE MARINE ZONE FORECASTS THROUGH SUNDAY. NO PROBLEMS FOR FIRE WEATHER. PBI BB 083/067 084/068 086 24111 FLL BB 083/070 085/070 086 24111 MIA BB 084/069 086/070 086 24111 APF BB 083/064 083/065 085 24212 .MIA...NONE.
FLZ063-066>075-161600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 530 AM EDT WED APR 16 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY ...SLIGHT CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG OCEAN BEACHES OF PALM BEACH, BROWARD, AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND DETAILED GRAPHICS CAN BE FOUND ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT MIAMIWEATHER.INFO. FOR INFORMATION IN SPANISH, VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT ELTIEMPOENMIAMI.INFO.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A pilot reported a funnel cloud 10 miles east of Bal Harbour.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, April 2003
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: 5347646.