Gulf of Mexico, 2006

Waterspout in Gulf of Mexico, September 1, 2006

September 1, 2006 · NWS MFL · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 waterspout, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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 Sep 1, 9:07 AM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 9:07 AM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 5:07 AM EST, 7 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
607 AM EDT FRI SEP 1 2006

FLZ063-066>075-021000-
GLADES-HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN-PALM BEACH EASTERN-
WESTERN COLLIER-EASTERN COLLIER-WESTERN BROWARD-
BROWARD METROPOLITAN-WESTERN DADE-DADE METROPOLITAN-
MAINLAND MONROE-
607 AM EDT FRI SEP 1 2006

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY...
...HEAT INDICES MAY REACH 105 TO 110 DEGREES INLAND...
...SLIGHT RISK OF FLOODING GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS: WITH DEEP SOUTHWEST FLOW IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTH
FLORIDA TODAY, THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE SEA
BREEZE ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND THE INTERIOR BY MIDDAY. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH
FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON, AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

FLOODING: PARTS OF GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES REMAIN PRONE TO
FLOODING FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP DUE TO THE HEAVY
RAINS RECEIVED IN THOSE AREAS FROM TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO.

TEMPERATURES: HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH
LEVELS OF HUMIDITY WILL ALLOW HEAT INDICES TO REACH THE 105 TO
110 DEGREE RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA THIS
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON SATURDAY,
WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN ACTIVITY SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED, HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TODAY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.MIAMIWEATHER.INFO.

Event by event

1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.

Waterspout, Chokoloskee to Bonita Beach Fl Out 20nm

When
September 1, 12:23 PM EST to 12:33 PM EST
Where
Chokoloskee to Bonita Beach Fl Out 20nm marine zone, 6 mi W of Wiggins Pass
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

A waterspout was sighted by observers at Naples Municipal Airport (KAPF) 6 miles to the west.

What these are

Waterspout
A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.

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

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Gulf of Mexico in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather history

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5530762.