1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Aug 10, 1:12 PM EST, 5 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 212 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 .DISCUSSION...NO BIG CHANGES TO THE SOUTH FLORIDA FORECASTS THIS PACKAGE AS NORMAL SUMMER WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES. WILL MAINTAIN SCATTERED POPS AND NEAR CLIMO TEMPERATURES THROUGH 7 DAYS. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW STRENGTHENING HIGH...SURFACE AND ALOFT OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. GFS INDICATES SURFACE RIDGE AXIS OVER SOUTH FLORIDA SHOULD DRIFT NORTH...WITH AXIS OVER CENTRAL/NORTH FLORIDA FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. THIS WILL CHANGE THE CONVECTIVE PATTERN OVER SOUTH FLORIDA A BIT WITH AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION FAVORING THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE PENINSULA. && .MARINE...LIGHT SOUTHEAST/EAST FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY. NO HIGHLIGHTS. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO PROBLEMS/CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 79 90 78 91 / 30 50 30 40 FORT LAUDERDALE 80 91 79 90 / 20 50 30 40 MIAMI 79 92 79 91 / 20 50 30 40 NAPLES 77 91 77 91 / 20 40 30 40 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 433 AM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 FLZ063-066>075-111000- GLADES-HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN-PALM BEACH EASTERN- WESTERN COLLIER-EASTERN COLLIER-WESTERN BROWARD- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-WESTERN DADE-DADE METROPOLITAN- MAINLAND MONROE- 416 AM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...MODERATE RISK OF LIGHTNING... THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA...AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE GULF COAST AND ATLANTIC SEA BREEZES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHERLY...FAVORING THE INTERIOR AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION...LASTING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FINALLY BEGIN TO DIMINISH OVER LAND AREAS AROUND 9 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. HOWEVER...THE GREATEST DANGER WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.MIAMIWEATHER.INFO.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 413 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 FLZ066-067-102115- HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN- 413 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING PORTIONS OF WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY... AT 404 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM BELLE GLADES SOUTH ALONG HIGHWAY 27 ON WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY WITH THE CLUSTER PROPAGATING VERY SLOWLY TO THE WEST. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WITH SOME OF THE STORMS IN THE CLUSTER. FREQUENT LIGHTNING ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE ACTIVITY...WHICH CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. RESIDENTS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 447 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 FLZ066-067-071-102145- HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN-WESTERN BROWARD- 447 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND ADJACENT AREAS... AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND ON EITHER SIDE OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OKEELANTA TO BIG CYPRESS RESERVATION...OR ALONG AND ON EITHER SIDE OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELLE GLADE TO 26 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEVILS GARDEN. THE STORMS ARE NEARLY STATIONARY WITH THE LINE ITSELF PROPAGATING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS FROM THE STORMS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. RESIDENTS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...AND PARTICULARLY MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 27 IN WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY...SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 519 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 FLZ066-067-070-071-102200- EASTERN COLLIER-HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN-WESTERN BROWARD- 519 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 AT 515 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND ON EITHER SIDE OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH BAY IN WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY TO 16 MILES NORTH OF MONROE STATION IN SOUTHEASTERN COLLIER COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY OR DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. THE STORMS ARE THEREFORE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AFFECTING PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST PALM BEACH COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 27...BIG CYPRESS INDIAN RESERVATION...AND PORTIONS OF ALLIGATOR ALLEY IN NORTHWEST BROWARD AND NORTHEAST COLLIER COUNTIES THROUGH AT LEAST THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. RESIDENTS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:54 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A funnel cloud was observed near the Atlantic coastline for about two minutes.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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