1 tornado, 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 15, 11:30 AM EST, 6 hours 29 minutes earlier.
SOUTH FLORIDA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI 1230 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2003 TROPICAL WAVE SEDATELY OOZED THROUGH S FLA EARLY TODAY WITH MUCH LESS THAN EXPECTED CONVECTION...THOUGH PALM BEACH COUNTY EXPERIENCED SOME DECENT NOCTURNAL CONVECTION OVER NIGHT. ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE HAS DECREASED BEHIND SYSTEM AND MID LEVEL CAP SEEMS TO HAVE LID ON EXPECTED AFTERNOON CONVECTION TODAY. EXPECT CAP TO BREAK LATER WITH AFTERNOON CONVECTION INTERIOR AND W. SURFACE WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO BE LOWER THAN EXPECTED ALSO. FOR THE FORECAST...TONIGHT THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD...S FLA WILL BE IN A VERY STAGNANT SYNOPTIC PATTERN. A LARGE RIDGE WILL BE ANCHORED OVER THE W U.S. WITH THE BERMUDA HIGH EXTENDING FROM THE ATLC SW TOWARD FLA. IN BETWEEN THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL BE AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ALONG THE E U.S. THAT WILL FLUCTUATE IN SOUTHERN U.S PENETRATION AS SHORT WAVES PERIODICALLY DIVE INTO THE TROUGH FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST. THUS...THE SURFACE RIDGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BERMUDA HIGH WILL VARY IN POSITION OVER CENTRAL TO S FLA AND BACK WITH THE FLUCTUATION OF DEPTH OF THE UPPER TROUGH. ALSO...AT THE MOMENT...WEAK TROPICAL WAVES WILL MOVE W THROUGH THE ATLC AND OVER THE AREA...SOMETIME TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND. OVERALL...S FLA CAN EXPECT LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPS WITH NOCTURNAL CONVECTION EAST COAST AND AFTERNOON INTERIOR AND WEST...AT LEAST THROUGH THURSDAY. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY THE PATTERN MAY REVERSE AS WINDS ALOFT TO STEER CONVECTION BECOME SW. COLLISION OF SEA BREEZES PLACES HIGHEST POPS IN INTERIOR THROUGH THURSDAY THEN INTERIOR AND E FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. IN THE MARINE ZONES...GREAT BOATERS PERIOD AS WINDS E TO SE LESS THAN 15 KNOTS WITH A WEST COAST SEA BREEZE EACH DAY. NO FIRE DANGER HIGHLIGHTS. PBI BB 078/090 078/090 077 1523232 FLL BB 080/089 078/089 078 1523232 MIA BB 080/090 080/090 079 1523232 APF BB 075/090 075/089 078 1524343= .MIA...NONE.
FLZ063-066>075-151600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 500 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS INTERIOR AND WEST COAST... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE INTERIOR AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH BRIEF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
FLZ067-068-152300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 645 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2003 ...FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED IN PALM BEACH COUNTY... AT 643 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI RECEIVED NOTICE THAT A TRAINED SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR LOXAHATCHEE. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS WEAK AND DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY SOUTH. IF YOU ARE IN THE LOXAHATCHEE AREA...THE BEST ACTION TO TAKE IN THIS SITUATION IS TO REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:01 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A pilot saw a brief tornado touchdown in the everglades south of I-75.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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