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 8, 1:13 AM EST, 8 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 213 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2005 .DISCUSSION...PREFRONTAL SQUALL LINE INTO S FLA MOVING E 20 KTS AS INDIVIDUAL CELLS MOVING NE ALONG LINE NEAR 50 KTS. THIS PREFRONTAL TROUGH OVER MIAMI-DADE AND SOUTHERN MAINLAND BY 09Z...AS PER SPC WATCH. BEHIND SYSTEM COMES COLD FRONT WHICH SHOULD BY ON A PBI-APF LINE BY 21Z AND THROUGH MIA/EXTREME S FLA BY 03Z. TODAY THROUGH SAT NIGHT...UPPER LOW WHICH PRECIPITATED THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK SLOWLY BOTTOMING OUT IN S GA...REACHING THE ATLC COAST BY 00Z TONIGHT. SYSTEM MOVES NE INTO ATLC TONIGHT AS RIDGING MOVES FROM GREAT PLAINS OVER E U.S. SECONDARY COLD FRONT MOVING SE WITH MOISTURE WRAPPING ABOUT UPPER LOW STALLS OVER N FLA. THOUGH A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH...NO STRONG NORTHERLY PUSH BEHIND SYSTEM AND ANY COOLING/DRYING AT A MINIMUM THROUGH SAT. ENOUGH RESIDUAL MOISTURE THOUGH OVER S FLA TODAY AND WITH A MID LEVEL DRY SLOT MOVING OVER AREA...ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SUN THROUGH THU...RIDGING OVER S FLA SUN ...WEAKENING THROUGH TUE AS SYSTEM MOVES E INTO ATLC. AS HIGH MOVES E...SOUTHERLY WINDS DEVELOP ...PULL MOISTURE NORTHWARD...AND WITH ANOTHER COLD FRONT POISED TO MOVE INTO S CENTRAL FLA...PRECIPITATION INTRODUCED INTO ZONES FOR WED/THU. && .MARINE...SMALL CRAFT CONTINUES ATLC WATERS THIS MORNING WITH CAUTION INITIALLY ELSEWHERE THIS MORNING. WESTERLY WINDS DECREASE ALL AREAS THROUGH THE DAY WITH NO HIGHLIGHTS BY THIS EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE OVER S FLA SUN THEN AS HIGH MOVES E INTO ATLC...WINDS BECOME EASTERLY MON THEN SWING TO SOUTHEASTERLY TUE AND WED. GRADUAL WIND INCREASE MON THROUGH WED BUT NO HIGHLIGHTS ANTICIPATED AT THE MOMENT. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS AT THE MOMENT. BUT DRIER AIR OVER S TIP OF PENINSULA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS DRIER AIR ADVECTS SOUTH. POSSIBLE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35% FOR SOME DURATION SUNDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 83 62 82 64 / 70 20 00 00 FORT LAUDERDALE 82 64 83 66 / 70 30 00 00 MIAMI 83 64 83 65 / 70 30 00 00 NAPLES 78 62 79 64 / 60 05 00 00 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ATLANTIC WATERS TODAY. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 435 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2005 FLZ063-066>075-082200- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-DADE METROPOLITAN-EASTERN COLLIER-GLADES-HENDRY- MAINLAND MONROE-PALM BEACH EASTERN-PALM BEACH WESTERN- WESTERN BROWARD-WESTERN COLLIER-WESTERN DADE- 435 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...MAINLY THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE THE GREATEST HAZARDS WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED EARLY IN THE DAY. 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. HANDEL
The Miami radar (KAMX), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:19 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A funnel cloud was sighted by a SKYWARN spotter near Naples Airport.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, April 2005
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: 5433921.