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 Oct 13, 2:30 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
SOUTH FLORIDA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 330 PM EDT MON OCT 13 2003 THE MIA SOUNDING THIS MORNING WAS A LITTLE DRIER WITH THE PWAT AT 1.67 INCHES COMPARE TO THE 1.72 INCHES YESTERDAY MORNING...ALONG WITH A WEAK CAP AROUND 950 MBS. THIS DRIER AIR AND THE CAP WAS HELPING TO SUPPRESS ACTIVITY ALONG THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SEA BREEZE WILL MOVE INLAND VERY SLOWLY THIS AFTERNOON...AS THE STEERING FLOW IS VERY LIGHT ALOFT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP ALONG THE SEA BREEZES THIS AFTERNOON ONCE THE CAP IS BROKEN MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN METRO REGIONS OF THE EAST COAST AND INTERIOR REGIONS. THERE ARE ALSO SOME SHOWERS OVER THE GULF WATERS OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO. THESE SHOWERS COULD MOVE ONSHORE OVER THE WEST COAST OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SO I AM GOING TO LEAVE UP A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OVER THE WESTERN METRO REGIONS OF THE EAST COAST...INTERIOR...AND THE WEST COAST THIS EVENING. THE LOW OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OVER NORTHERN FLORIDA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...AS A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST FROM THE PLAIN STATES INTO THE SOUTHEAST US. THIS WILL CAUSE THE WINDS TO GO SOUTH TONIGHT OVER THE CWA AND SOUTHWEST ON TUESDAY. WITH THE SOUTH WINDS TONIGHT THERE COULD BE A FEW SHOWERS OVER ALONG BROWARD...MIAMI-DADE AND WEST COAST FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...SO I AM GOING TO LEAVE A 10 PERCENT IN AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR THESE REGIONS. ON TUESDAY...THE PWAT SHOULD COME UP A LITTLE OVER THE CWA DUE TO THE SOUTHWEST WINDS...BUT THE UPPER LEVEL WILL STILL BE SOMEWHAT DRY. SO I AM GOING TO HAVE A 20% CHANCE OVER THE CWA. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD THEN MOVE THROUGH THE CWA TUESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...BEFORE STALLING OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL DRY THE CWA OUT...SO NO POPS FOR WEDNESDAY. .EXTENDED FORECAST... THE FRONT WILL THEN START TO WORK BACK NORTHWARD TOWARD THE END OF THE WORK WEEK AS A WEAK WARM FRONT. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE CWA TO GET BACK INTO SOME MOISTURE. SO THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF ACTIVITY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA...AND I SLIGHT CHANCE OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA LATE THIS WEEK. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL THEN MOVE THROUGH THE CWA THIS LATE THIS WEEKEND AND COULD BRING OUR FIRST COOL AIR OF THE SEASON TO SOUTH FLORIDA BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. .MARINE... SFC WINDS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE (MOSTLY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST) THROUGH TUE MORNING. WILL SHIFT TO W/NW LATE TUE NIGHT AND BECOME N/NE AND INCREASING TO AROUND 15 KNOTS WED THROUGH FRI. AT WHICH TIME SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD ABOVE SCA CRITERIA IN THE GULFSTREAM. .FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 74 90 72 85 / 20 20 10 00 FORT LAUDERDALE 76 89 75 85 / 10 20 10 00 MIAMI 75 90 74 86 / 20 20 10 00 NAPLES 75 87 73 84 / 20 20 10 00 .MIA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. BAXTER
FLZ063-066>075-131700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 500 AM EDT MON OCT 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY ...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE SEABREEZE AS IT PUSHES INLAND THIS AFTERNOON. ONLY ISOLATED STORMS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE COAST...THOUGH MORE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER INTERIOR AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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 Miami radar (KAMX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:16 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
An off duty NWS employee saw a funnel cloud about two miles west of U.S. 27 and Pines Boulevard.
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, October 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: 5337958.