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 May 22, 1:19 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 219 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2005 .DISCUSSION...AN EAST COAST TROUGH WILL CONTINUE IN PLACE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK...THOUGH IT WILL BE LESS AMPLIFIED BY WEEKS END. PLACEMENT OF THE TROUGH WILL ALLOW A FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO MOVE INTO SOUTH FLORIDA ON WEDNESDAY. IN THE MEANTIME...HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE GEORGIA COAST WILL MOVE EAST. SOUTH FLORIDA WILL BECOME UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF W-SW FLOW AHEAD OF THE NEXT SHORTWAVE/FRONT. MOISTURE WILL REMAIN LIMITED...SO NOTHING MORE THAN ISOLATED ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. TEMPS WILL WARM INTERIOR/EAST COAST, DUE TO THE OFFSHORE FLOW NEXT FEW DAYS - ESPECIALLY ON TUESDAY AHEAD OF THE FRONT WHERE TEMPS COULD RISE INTO THE LOWER 90S EAST COAST ZONES. ONSHORE FLOW ALONG THE GULF COAST WILL HOLD MAXES IN THE MID 80S. FRONT MOVES INTO NORTH FLORIDA TUESDAY AND DOWN THE PENINSULA TUE NIGHT...FINALLY MOVING INTO SOUTH FL ON WED...WHILE BECOMING DIFFUSE. MOST ACTIVE WEATHER IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS FRONT WILL LIKELY TAKE PLACE ACROSS NORTH AND PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT TUESDAY AFTERNOON/WED EVENING. BY THE TIME IT REACHES SOUTH FL...IT LOOKS LIKE MUCH OF THE ENERGY SHIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST AND MOISTURE CONTINUES RATHER LIMITED. AS SUCH...HAVE HELD POPS IN SLIGHT CHANCE CATEGORY. LITTLE CHANGES ARE IN THE OFFING FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. AN ATLANTIC RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD WESTWARD INTO THE AREA. 12Z GFS SHOWS THIS RIDGE BUILDING A BIT STRONGER INTO SOUTH FL COMPARED TO ITS PREVIOUS RUNS...KEEPING THE NEXT FRONT TO OUR NORTH. WE SHALL WAIT AND SEE. FOR NOW WILL MAINTAIN JUST SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THE EXTENDED. && .MARINE...NO HIGHLIGHTS AS FLOW WILL CONTINUE AT OR BELOW 15 KNOTS WITH SEAS 4 FT OR LESS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 73 89 71 89 / 5 5 0 20 FORT LAUDERDALE 73 87 71 88 / 5 5 0 20 MIAMI 74 89 72 90 / 5 5 0 20 NAPLES 74 85 73 85 / 5 5 0 20 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && DFG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 414 AM EDT SUN MAY 22 2005 FLZ063-066-067-070-071-073-075-230815- GLADES-HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN-EASTERN COLLIER-WESTERN BROWARD- WESTERN DADE-MAINLAND MONROE- 414 AM EDT SUN MAY 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FLZ068-069-072-074-230815- PALM BEACH EASTERN-WESTERN COLLIER-BROWARD METROPOLITAN- DADE METROPOLITAN- 414 AM EDT SUN MAY 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HANDEL
The Miami radar (KAMX), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:27 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A funnel cloud was sighted near the intersection of County Roads 846 and 858.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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