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 Jun 7, 2:00 PM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
SOUTH FLORIDA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION FOR TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI 300 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2003 .NOW THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... CURRENTLY, INLAND CONVECTION BEGINNING TO TAKE OFF, MAINLY OVER THE NORTH HALF OF INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA. WEAK SURFACE TROUGH IS CLEARLY IN EVIDENCE IN BOTH RADAR AND SATELLITE LOOPS FROM AROUND 30N IN THE ATLANTIC SOUTH SOUTHWEST TO JUST OFF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST. ACTIVITY ALONG THIS LINE HAS BEEN PERSISTANT DURING THE NIGHT AND MORNING HOURS TODAY, BUT AROUND MID DAY HAS BEGUN TO WEAKEN. SURFACE RIDGE AXIS EXTENDS FROM THE ATLANTIC TO NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND ON INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS AXIS WILL SLOWLY DEPRESS SOUTHWARD DURING THE NEXT 24-36 HOURS, AND END UP CROSSING THE SOUTH TIP OF THE PENINSULA MONDAY. 12Z SOUNDINGS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH FLORIUDA INTO THE KEYS WERE ALL VERY MOIST, WITH PWAT BETWEEN 1.8 AND 2.2. THIS SOUPY AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER US THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. SATELLITE LOOPS ALSO DEPICT A TUTT LOW FROM THE ATLANTIC NORTH OF HISPANIOLA CROSSING OVER THE ISLAND AND INTO THE ADJACENT CARIBBEAN. MODELS HAVE THIS LOW SLIDING SLOWLY WESTWARD TOWARD SOUTH FLORIDA, ALTHOUGH IT IS STILL OVER EASTERN CUBA AND THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS BY MONDAY EVENING. ALL IN ALL, EXPECT LITTLE TO NO CHANGE IN THE FORECAST, WITH AFTERNOON HEATING, SEABREEZE, AND LOCAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES PROVIDING THE IMPETUS FOR SHOWERS/TSTORMS. .TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... NOT MUCH CHANGE IS EXPECTED, WITH THE TUTT LOW CONTINUING TO SLIDE SLOWLY WESTWARD, FINALLY PHASING OVER FLORIDA WITH A WEAK TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN U.S. ALL OF THIS LEADS TO MORE OF THE SAME... UNSETTLED WEATHER FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. MARINE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY AND WEAKEN AS THE WEAK RIDGE AXIS SLIDES SOUTH OVER SOUTH FLORIDA. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON, HOWEVER, THIS AXIS WILL DEVELOP FURTHER NORTH OVER CENTRAL OR NORTH FLORIDA, WITH MOSTLY LIGHT SOUTHEAST FLOW RETURNING TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SEAS UP TO 5 FEET OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS TONIGHT, BUT WILL BE LKESS THAN 4 FEET ALL WATERS SUNDAY, AND MAINLY 2 FEET OR LESS ALL WATERS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .FIRE WEATHER... WE EXPECT NO PARAMETERS NEAR WATCH OR WARNING CRITERIA. PBI TT 076/089 076/089 077 3535 FLL TT 078/089 078/089 079 3535 MIA TT 078/089 078/089 078 3535 APF TT 074/090 075/090 075 3535 .MIA...NONE.
FLZ063-066>075-072100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1207 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON. ...THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO THE HEATING OF THE DAY AND SEA BREEZES DEVELOPING ALONG BOTH COAST. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD AND WILL HAVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWN POURS. IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER MOVE INTO A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. NO OTHER 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. BAXTER
FLZ067-068-071900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 210 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2003 A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY WILL MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF PALM BEACH METRO REGION THROUGH 3 PM. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND HEAVY DOWN POURS. AREAS THAT COULD AFFECT BY THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE WELLINGTON...ROYAL PALM BEACH...AND FLORIDA GARDENS. IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER MOVE INTO A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. BAXTER
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:31 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A funnel cloud was seen near the intersection of U.S. 441 and Lantana Road.
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, June 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: 5359818.