1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 28, 9:35 PM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.
SOUTH FLORIDA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 935 PM EST TUE OCT 28 2003 .UPDATED...CURRENT FORECAST SEEMS TO BE ON TRACK WITH THE ARRIVAL OF PRECIP OVR WEST COAST LATER THIS EVENING AND OVR EAST COAST MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. BOTH GFS AND MESOETA HAVE GOOD INITIALIZATION WITH THIS SYSTEM WITH RATHER STRONG OMEGA VALUES AND STG UPPER LVL DIV OVR THE GULF WATERS JUST WHERE THE MOST ACTIVE CONVECTION IS BEING DEPICTED BY RADAR/SATELLITE AT THIS TIME. BOTH MODELS MOVE THIS AREA OF STG UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH 06Z WITH MUCH LOWER VALUES OVR S. FL. WILL EXPECT MOST STRONG/SEVERE WX TO REMAIN NORTH OF OUR AREA BUT ISOLATED STRONG TSTMS COULD CONTINUE TO AFFECT OUR GULF WATERS AND ADJACENT COASTAL SECTIONS AT LEAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT. MARINE FORECAST LOOKS GOOD TOO. THE ONLY CHANGES WILL BE TO INDICATE HIGHER WINDS/SEAS VCNTY TSTMS OVR GULF WATERS. .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO DEEPENING SLIGHTLY. LOW WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA OVERNIGHT. TRAILING COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO SWING ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. WHILE BEST UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS REMAINS NORTH OF OUR FORECAST AREA...SHORTWAVE AND H25 JET SHOULD PROVIDE AMPLE SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING FOR OVERNIGHT CONVECTION INITIALLY FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE TO NAPLES AND SPREADING SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE CWA BY MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL NOT LOOKING IMPRESSIVE THIS FAR SOUTH. H85-H50 LAPSE RATES ONLY AROUND 5 DEGREES. MID-LEVEL COLD POOL SWINGING ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA TONIGHT...BUT DOES LITTLE TO DRAMATICALLY DESTABILIZE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTH FLORIDA. H50 TEMPS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR -10C NORTH...BUT ONLY -5C OVER S FLA. SLIGHT VEERING PROFILE WILL INCREASE HELICITY OVERNIGHT...AND IF INSTABILITY WERE STRONGER THAN EXPECTED...PRIMARY THREAT WOULD BE DAMAGING WIND/ISOLD TORNADO THREAT. CONSIDERING LACK OF INSTABILITY...DONT THINK THIS THREAT WILL BE REALIZED OVER SOUTH FLORIDA. THUS...WILL JUST GO FOR GENERAL THUNDER IN THE ZONES TONIGHT. FRONT CLEARS PENINSULA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WHICH WILL BRING RAPIDLY CLEARING SKIES DURING THE AFTERNOON. ONE COOL NIGHT AS WINDS ARE OUT OF THE NORTH...HOWEVER HIGH BUILDS IN TO THE NORTH AND WINDS QUICKLY COME OUT OF THE NORTHEAST AND THEN EVENTUALLY EAST. THIS IS THE SITUATION THROUGHOUT THE NEXT WEEK. WITH STRONG HIGH BUILDING TO OUR NORTH FROM THIS WEEKEND ON...AND BROAD LOW PRESSURE HINTED AT BY EXTENDED MODELS...BREEZY EAST WINDS COULD LAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS. .MARINE...DEEPENING LOW OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO IS BRINGING SOUTHERLY WINDS UP INTO THE 15-20 KNOT RANGE OVER OUR GULF WATERS. SAME EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS OVERNIGHT...SO PLAN TO GO WITH SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION IN BOTH WATERS. WINDS SHIFT TO NORTHERLY WEDNESDAY BEHIND THE FRONT AND WILL CAUSE THE ATLANTIC GULF STREAM WATERS TO RISE SUBSTANTIALLY. LIKELY TO NEED SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN THE GULF STREAM TOMORROW. BREEZY NORTH TO EAST WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. .MIA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE.
FLZ063-066>075-281900- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 955 AM EST TUE OCT 28 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDS FROM THE SOUTH CENTRAL GULF THROUGH NORTH FLORIDA. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS EVIDENT ALONG THE FRONT SOUTH OF APALACHICOLA. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE GULF ALONG WITH FAVORABLE JET DYNAMICS ALOFT WILL PUSH THE FRONT INTO SOUTH FLORIDA BY TOMORROW MORNING. RELATIVELY WARM AIR IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ALONG WITH AMPLE CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER LOW TODAY. HOWEVER...STRONG SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW IS EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE BY TONIGHT THAT WILL PRESENT A RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE MAIN AREAS AFFECTED WILL BE FROM NAPLES THROUGH LAKE OKEECHOBEE...WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...SMALL HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES THE MAIN IMPACTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY TOMORROW MORNING OVER THE METROPOLITAN AREAS FROM WEST PALM BEACH TO MIAMI-DADE AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES INTO THE AREA. HOWEVER...MOST OF THE UPPER SUPPORT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE WELL TO THE NORTH BY SUNRISE. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND DETAILED GRAPHICS CAN BE FOUND ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT MIAMIWEATHER.INFO. PARA INFORMACION DEL TIEMPO EN ESPANOL...VAYA A LA PAGINA DEL INTERNET ELTIEMPOENMIAMI.INFO.
FLZ070-290600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1148 PM EST TUE OCT 28 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MILE CITY IN CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY... THROUGH 1 AM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY NEAR MILE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH TOWARD THE INTERSECTION OF I-75 AND HIGHWAY 29. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. IF YOU SEE ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORT IT TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND THEY WILL RELATE IT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER OFFICE IN MIAMI FLORIDA. BAXTER
FLZ070-075-290630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1237 AM EST WED OCT 29 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST COLLIER COUNTY... THROUGH 130 AM...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WILDERNESS WATERWAY NORTH WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH...AND AFFECT THE REGIONS OF LOOP ROAD EDUCATION CENTER AND DAD-COLLIER TRAINING AIRPORT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAINFALL. IF YOU SEE ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORT IT TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND THEY WILL RELATE IT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER OFFICE IN MIAMI FLORIDA. BAXTER
FLZ072-074-290930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 230 AM EST WED OCT 29 2003 WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE METRO AREAS THROUGH 330 AM TO 400 AM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH MOST OF THE LOCATIONS FROM PEMBROKE PINES AND HOLLYWOOD THROUGH MIAMI LAKES AND NORTH MIAMI BEACH TO PERRINE AND HOMESTEAD. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO HAVE FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:47 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A squall line moved through southeast Florida and spawned a brief tornado near the intersection of Red Road and Honey Hill Road. The roof of a mobile home was torn off, fences were downed and a few trees were uprooted.
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