Funnel Cloud in Florida, November 13, 2005

Name: Funnel Cloud in Florida, November 13, 2005
Start: 2005-11-13T17:36
End: 2005-11-13T17:45
Location: Florida

November 13, 2005 · NWS MFL · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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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 Nov 13, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 13, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
200 PM EST SUN NOV 13 2005

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE CENTERED JUST OFF THE U.S. EAST
COAST WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST THROUGH TUESDAY AND PARK OVER THE
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. THIS WILL ADVECT LOW LVL PATCHES OF
MOISTURE OVER SOUTH FLORIDA ENOUGH TO MENTION A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN THROUGH THIS PERIOD. MEANWHILE...A DEEP LAYER LONG WAVE
TROUGH WILL DIG SOUTH FROM CANADA THROUGH THE CENTRAL PORTION OF
THE COUNTRY. THIS WILL INDUCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FRONTAL SYSTEM
JUST SOUTH OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING
SOUTHWEST TO WESTERN GULF COAST BY TUE NIGHT. GOOD UPPER LEVEL
SUPPORT WILL ALLOW FOR THIS FRONT TO MOVE QUICKLY ESE TO CENTRAL
FLORIDA BY THU MORNING. AT WHICH POINT MODELS SUGGEST IT WILL
LOOSE STEAM AS THE MAIN ENERGY PUSHING IT IS DIVERTED TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST...ACTUALLY GFS STALLS THIS SYSTEM JUST NORTH OF LAKE
OKEECHOBEE AND KEEP US UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS WITH
SLIGHTLY HIGHER CHANCES FOR RAIN...STILL WILL NOT GO AS HIGH AS
GFS WHICH HAS SCT POPS FROM THU THROUGH SATURDAY. A SHORT WAVE
WILL THEN MOVED SE AROUND THE BASE OF THE LONG WAVE TROUGH GIVING
THE ADDITIONAL PUSH NEEDED TO MAKE THE FRONT MOVE THROUGH SOUTH
FLORIDA BY SAT MORNING WITH TEMPS (BOTH MAX/MIN) FALLING TO FEW
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL VALUES AFTERWARDS.

&&

.MARINE...BOTH WINDS AND SEAS SHOULD SUBSIDE TONIGHT BUT STILL
HIGH ENOUGH OVER THE GULF STREAM TO KEEP A CAUTIONARY STATEMENT.
SEAS WILL INCREASE AGAIN OVER THE GULF STREAM BY MID-WEEK AS WINDS
TURN MORE NORTHEAST.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...NO PROBLEMS AS MEAN RH REMAIN ABOVE 35% THROUGH
ALMOST THE ENTIRE FORECAST PERIOD. DEWPOINTS AND THEREFORE MEAN RH
VALUES WILL LIKELY DROP BY THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD AFTER
THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WEST PALM BEACH  71  83  73  84 /  10  10  10  10
FORT LAUDERDALE  73  82  74  83 /  10  10  10  10
MIAMI            72  83  73  84 /  10  10  10  10
NAPLES           66  85  67  85 /  10  10  10  10

&&

.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
AM...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 13, 4:57 AM EST, 12 hours 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
457 AM EST SUN NOV 13 2005

FLZ063-066>075-141000-
GLADES-HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN-PALM BEACH EASTERN-
WESTERN COLLIER-EASTERN COLLIER-WESTERN BROWARD-
BROWARD METROPOLITAN-WESTERN DADE-DADE METROPOLITAN-
MAINLAND MONROE-
451 AM EST SUN NOV 13 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ATLANTIC BEACHES...

RIP CURRENTS: A MODERATE TO STRONG EASTERLY WIND FLOW TODAY WILL
RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF MIAMI-
DADE...BROWARD...AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES.

WAVES: SEAS TO 7 FEET MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD GULF STREAM WATERS
TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

BREEZY EASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY
RESULTING IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC
BEACHES. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.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 radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:36 UTC.

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Event by event

1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.

Funnel Cloud, Palm Beach

When: November 13, 5:36 PM EST to 5:45 PM EST
Where: Palm Beach County, Boca Raton
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 26.648, -80.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trained spotters observed several small tornadoes and funnel clouds moving onshore over Boca Raton, mainly near Florida Atlantic University between Glades and Yamato Roads moving west. The tornadoes were not confirmed by other sources, and no damage reports were received. Therefore, it is assumed that the funnel clouds never touched the ground.

What these are

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

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5481484.