Funnel Cloud in Florida, January 18, 2005

Name: Funnel Cloud in Florida, January 18, 2005
Start: 2005-01-18T17:25
End: 2005-01-18T17:25
Location: Florida

January 18, 2005 · NWS MFL · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

What forecasters said that day

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 Jan 18, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes before

SOUTH FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
200 PM EST TUE JAN 18 2005

.DISCUSSION...
CURRENTLY...SFC HIGH OVER OHIO VALLEY WITH RIDGE EXTENDING SSW INTO
THE GULF OF MEX. MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH/NORTHEAST WIND FLOW ACROSS
MOST OF THE PENINSULA. WITH TEMPS IN THE M/U 60S ALONG SOUTH
FLORIDA EAST COAST AND LOWER/MID 60S INTERIOR AND WEST.

.TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...SFC HIGH WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT TO
THE CAROLINAS WITH RIDGE EXTENDING SW TO WESTERN GULF. THIS WILL
KEEP A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE LOCAL AREA WHICH WILL IN
TURN RESULT IN BREEZY CONDITIONS TONIGHT. THIS HIGH WILL THEN WEAKEN
AS AN ARCTIC FRONTAL SYSTEM ADVANCES E/SE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES
REGION. SFC WINDS SHOULD DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY BY WED AFTERNOON.

THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...THE SOUTHERN/WEAK END OF THE FRONT MENTIONED
ABOVE WILL APPROACH SOUTH FLORIDA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING BRINGING
ANOTHER SHOT OF COLD/DRY AIR THROUGH THE REGION. NO SIGNIFICANT
MOISTURE AVAILABLE FOR THIS SYSTEM SO ONLY FEW SPRINKLES AT THE MOST
ARE EXPECTED. A WEAK SFC RIDGE WILL THEN EXTEND OVER SOUTH FLORIDA
FRIDAY. A SECOND STRONGER ARCTIC FRONT WILL RAPIDLY MOVE SOUTH ACROSS
THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN U.S. AND MAY REACH NORTHER PORTIONS OF
SOUTH FLORIDA BY SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE FROM
SOUTHWEST AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SATURDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY.
&&

.MARINE...WINDS WILL REMAIN JUST ABOVE SCA CRITERIA OVER ATLC WATERS
(SCEC ELSEWHERE) TONIGHT WITH A RAPID DECREASE TO BELOW SCA CRITERIA
BY WED MORNING AS THE SFC HIGH PRESS RIDGE WEAKENS.
&&

.FIRE WEATHER...THE COMBINATION OF MAX TEMPS NEAR 70 AND DEWPOINTS
IN THE LOW/MID 40S WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35
% FOR AT LEAST 4 CONSECUTIVE HOURS WED AFTERNOON. SO DECIDED TO GO
WITH A FIRE WEATHER WATCH ACROSS INLAND AREAS.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WEST PALM BEACH 52 69 47 69 / 00 00 00 00
FORT LAUDERDALE 56 71 51 71 / 00 00 00 00
MIAMI           54 71 53 71 / 00 00 00 00
NAPLES          47 67 48 68 / 00 00 00 00
&&

.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...FIRE WEATHER WATCH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR ZONES
      63-66-67-70-71-73-75.
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ZONES 650-651-670-671.
GM...NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 18, 4:09 AM EST, 13 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
409 AM EST TUE JAN 18 2005

FLZ068-072-074-182300-
BROWARD METROPOLITAN-DADE METROPOLITAN-PALM BEACH EASTERN-
409 AM EST TUE JAN 18 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY...

NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH TODAY ALONG THE COAST WILL RESULT
IN A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. SWIMMERS ARE URGED TO ONLY SWIM
WHERE A LIFE GUARD IS PRESENT AND AVOID SWIMMING AROUND AREAS SUCH AS
PIERS AND JETTIES.

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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

WIND CHILLS WILL DIP INTO THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S OVER THE WESTERN
SUBURBS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

FLZ063-066-067-069>071-073-075-182300-
EASTERN COLLIER-GLADES-HENDRY-MAINLAND MONROE-PALM BEACH WESTERN-
WESTERN BROWARD-WESTERN COLLIER-WESTERN DADE-
409 AM EST TUE JAN 18 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S ON BOTH FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY MORNINGS OVER SECTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

CHRISTENSEN

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:22 UTC.

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Event by event

1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.

Funnel Cloud, Palm Beach

When: January 18, 5:25 PM EST
Where: Palm Beach County, Palm Beach Gardens
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 26.648, -80.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The public reported several funnel clouds.

What these are

Funnel Cloud: A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Florida in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Florida, January 2005

Sources

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: 5433903.