1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 23, 1:00 PM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT TUE AUG 23 2005 .DISCUSSION...THROUGH THE SHORT TERM S FLA REMAINS UNDER DEEP EASTERLY FLOW WITH BROAD UPPER RIDGING ACROSS THE SE U.S. AND SFC RIDGING ACROSS CEN FLA. SO PATTERN STILL HOLDS WHERE PERIODIC ATL SHRA DEVELOP AND THEN MOVES ONSHORE SE CST AND DURING AFT HOURS BUILDS INTO THE INTERIOR AND SW CST ZONES. THIS PATTERN LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR WED AS WELL. THINGS GET A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED BEYOND HOWEVER. THE 12Z GFS RUN NOW SHOWS THE WAVE CONTINUING TO MOVE TOWARDS FLA WITH SFC LOW DEVELOPING BY THU EVE CENTERED NEAR MIA. AFTER THIS IT THEN DRIFTS THE LOW N THROUGH SUN MORN AND FINALLY OFF THE NE FLA CST BY MON MORN. ALL IN ALL IT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE A WET END TO THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. PLAN TO ISSUE A ESFMFL JUST BEFORE ZONE ISSUANCE TO TALK ABOUT POSSIBLE HEAVY RAINFALL LATE THIS WEEK. AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY EARLY NEXT WEEK DRIER AIR SHOULD MOVE BACK ACROSS THE REGION. && .MARINE...WINDS TO REMAIN LIGHT AT LEAST THROUGH THE SHORT TERM FORECAST PERIOD. HOWEVER, DEPENDING ON ANY TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT WITH THE WAVE COULD MEAN STRONGER FLOW WITH HIGHER SEAS. BOATERS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 78 92 77 90 / 40 60 30 60 FORT LAUDERDALE 79 90 79 90 / 40 60 30 60 MIAMI 79 92 78 90 / 40 60 30 60 NAPLES 76 92 78 92 / 40 60 30 50 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && 30
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1113 AM EDT TUE AUG 23 2005 FLZ063-066>075-241415- GLADES-HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN-PALM BEACH EASTERN- WESTERN COLLIER-EASTERN COLLIER-WESTERN BROWARD- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-WESTERN DADE-DADE METROPOLITAN- MAINLAND MONROE- 1113 AM EDT TUE AUG 23 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WILL BE MOST CONCENTRATED ACROSS INTERIOR AND GULF COASTAL AREAS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WITH THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS MOST AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. HOWEVER, THE RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS. TEMPERATURES: THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL MAKE IT FEEL AS IF IT IS NEAR 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS AREAS INLAND FROM THE COAST. NEAR THE COAST...HEAT INDICES WILL BE NEAR 100 DEGREES. AS THE HEAT INDEX REACHES OR EXCEEDS 105 DEGREES, SUNSTROKE, HEAT CRAMPS, AND HEAT EXHAUSTION BECOMES LIKELY, AND HEATSTROKE BECOMES POSSIBLE WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A TROPICAL DISTURBANCE OFF THE NORTHEAST COAST OF CUBA IS BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED. ALL INTERESTS IN SOUTH FLORIDA ARE ADVISED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS DISTURBANCE, SINCE IT DOES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS IT MOVES CLOSER TO THE LOCAL AREA. AT THIS TIME, IT APPEARS AS THOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IS THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY FROM LATE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.MIAMIWEATHER.INFO.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:11 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A SKYWARN spotter sighted a funnel cloud as it crossed the shoreline.
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, August 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: 5470153.