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 May 31, 1:43 AM EST, 7 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 243 AM EDT TUE MAY 31 2005 .DISCUSSION...CURRENTLY A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY LIES NEAR THE GEORGIA/FLORIDA BORDER. VERY MOIST CONDITIONS EXIST SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH FL WHERE DEWPOINTS ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING 77-80F SOUTHEAST COAST TO THE LOWER 70S ELSEWHERE. PWATS ARE NEAR 2 INCHES. WATER VAPOR SHOWS AN UPPER LOW ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WITH A RIDGE NOSING NORTHWARD INTO SOUTH FL FROM THE CARIBBEAN. MODELS INDICATE THAT THE RIDGE WILL ACT TO KEEP MOST OF THE CONCENTRATED HEAVY ACTIVITY ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. STILL...HIGH MOISTURE LEVELS ALONG WITH INSTABILITY AND AT LEAST SOME INFLUENCE FROM THE UPPER TROUGH WILL ALLOW FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS/STORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. DUE TO A PREVAILING S-SW FLOW...THE ACTIVITY LOOKS TO REMAIN CONCENTRATED ACROSS INTERIOR/EAST COAST AREAS...THOUGH SOME SHOWERS/STORMS WILL ALSO MOVE ONSHORE THE GULF COAST AS WELL. BY LATE WEEK...AN ATLANTIC RIDGE SLOWLY BUILDS INTO THE AREA. GFS SHOWS THE RIDGE AXIS ALIGNED ACROSS CENTRAL FL...PLACING SOUTH FL IN A PREVAILING SE FLOW. THIS WILL FOCUS AFTERNOON CONVECTION ACROSS INTERIOR/GULF COAST AREAS. && .MARINE...PREVAILING WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE 15 KTS OR LESS...WITH SEAS 4 FEET OR LESS. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS DUE TO VERY HIGH MOISTURE LEVELS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 89 76 89 75 / 70 40 60 40 FORT LAUDERDALE 88 76 88 76 / 60 30 50 40 MIAMI 89 78 89 76 / 60 30 50 40 NAPLES 87 77 87 75 / 50 30 50 40 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 918 AM EDT TUE MAY 31 2005 FLZ063-066>075-011330- GLADES-HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN-PALM BEACH EASTERN- WESTERN COLLIER-EASTERN COLLIER-WESTERN BROWARD- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-WESTERN DADE-DADE METROPOLITAN- MAINLAND MONROE- 918 AM EDT TUE MAY 31 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TODAY... THUNDERSTORMS: NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY. WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH, GENERALLY PEA OR SMALLER SIZE HAIL, LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL, AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED. THE TIME OF GREATEST RISK FOR STORMS WILL BE LATE THIS MORNING OVER WESTERN AND INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA, SHIFTING TOWARD THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.MIAMIWEATHER.INFO. HANDEL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A SKYWARN spotter saw a funnel cloud that lasted for several minutes.
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, May 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: 5451109.