Unseasonably warm and humid weather occurred across south Florida through the middle of November in association with southeast wind flow around a high pressure area over the Atlantic.
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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 episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
Unseasonably warm and humid weather occurred across south Florida through the middle of November in association with southeast wind flow around a high pressure area over the Atlantic.
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 15, 6:26 AM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 626 AM EST TUE NOV 15 2011 .UPDATE...VFR AND SKC-FEW015 PREVAILS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST THIS MORNING. GFS/LAMP WERE WAY OFF WITH THIS ONE. SO THE NEW TAFS HAVE VFR AND NO MENTION OF MVFR THROUGH THE PERIOD FOR THE EAST COAST. ANY SHOWER WILL BE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN AND SO BRIEF THAT I OMITTED THIS FROM THE TAFS AS WELL. KAPF IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT MATTER AS THEY AREA NOW DOWN TO 3/4SM VV001. THIS WILL LIKELY PREVAIL THROUGH 13Z BEFORE A RETURN OF VFR THERE BY LATE MORNING. KAPF COULD DROP DOWN TO IFR AGAIN TONIGHT...BUT THIS IS FAR OUT IN TIME AND LOW CONFIDENCE TO INCLUDE IN THE TAF AT THIS TIME. /GREGORIA && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 308 AM EST TUE NOV 15 2011/ DISCUSSION...CURRENTLY SOME WIDELY SCATTERED SHRA MOVING NW FROM THE ATLC ONSHORE MAINLY AFFECTING PALM BEACH COUNTY AND THE LAKE OKEE REGION. AMPLE LOW LEVEL CLOUDINESS E HALF OF S FLA BUT MOSTLY CLEAR W. EXPECT FOG TO DEVELOP WITH INTERIOR AND W MOST AFFECTED. HIGH PRES ALOFT MOVES OVER S FLA TODAY AND PARKS OVER THE AREA THROUGH MIDWEEK AS A FULL LATITUDE TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. MOVES TO THE NE BUT GRADUALLY FILLS. AT THE SURFACE...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRES EXTENDS FROM THE ATLC W ACROSS N FLA AND ALONG THE COAST OF THE N GULF COAST TODAY. THE RIDGE SLIDES SOUTHWARD OVER CENTRAL FLA TUE AND OVER S FLA WED AS A COLD FRONT...ASSOCIATED THE THE UPPER TROUGH...MOVES INTO THE SE U.S. A VERY MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE WITH VARIABLE CLOUDINESS...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHRA ( MAINLY E AND MAINLY NOCTURNALLY ) WITH MAX/MIN TEMPS ABOVE NORMS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. E COAST FLIRTING WITH RECORD HIGH MINIMUMS THIS MORNING AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. EXTENDED PERIOD...THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THE SURFACE RIDGE SHIFTS E INTO THE ATLC THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGS INTO THE CENTRAL FLA. THE FRONT STALLS AND BECOMES DIFFUSE N OF LAKE OKEE. HIGH PRES THEN BUILDS OVER THE SE U.S. N OF THE STALLED FRONT AND MOVES INTO THE MID ATLC STATES WITH EASTERLY FLOW OFF OF THE ATLC DEVELOPING. LITTLE IN THE WAY OF INCREASED CHANCES OF RAIN WITH MAX/MIN TEMPS CONTINUING ABOVE NORMAL. MARINE...SOUTHEAST WIND GENERALLY LESS THAN 15 KNOTS WITH SEAS 4 FT OR LESS THROUGH FRIDAY THEN POSSIBLY WINDS AND SEAS INCREASING SATURDAY. FIRE WEATHER...NO PROBLEMS OR CONCERNS WITH ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 83 72 83 69 / 10 10 10 10 FORT LAUDERDALE 84 75 84 73 / 10 10 10 10 MIAMI 84 74 85 72 / 10 10 10 10 NAPLES 86 70 84 67 / 10 - 10 - && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION/MARINE/FIRE...15/JR AVIATION/RADAR...57/DG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 303 AM EST TUE NOV 15 2011 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-160900- GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER- INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE- METRO MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH- COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- 303 AM EST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: EAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH WILL PRODUCE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO 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.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI. GREGORIA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 507 AM EST TUE NOV 15 2011 FLZ063-066-067-070-071-151300- GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMDALE...MOORE HAVEN...CLEWISTON... LA BELLE...BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE RESERVATION...PAHOKEE... SOUTH BAY...BELLE GLADE...WELLINGTON...LION COUNTRY SAFARI... SOUTH COUNTY REGIONAL PARK...IMMOKALEE... MICCOSUKEE INDIAN RESERVATION...MARKHAM PARK 507 AM EST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...FOG DEVELOPING OVER THE INTERIOR AND GULF COAST EARLY THIS MORNING... AREAS OF FOG WAS DEVELOPING EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF INTERIOR AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT THAT VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO AROUND A HALF MILE ACROSS SOME AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING. LEAVE MORE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER VEHICLES AND USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THE FOG. GREGORIA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 720 AM EST TUE NOV 15 2011 FLZ063-066-067-069>071-151400- GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER- INLAND BROWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMDALE...MOORE HAVEN...CLEWISTON... LA BELLE...BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE RESERVATION...PAHOKEE... SOUTH BAY...BELLE GLADE...WELLINGTON...LION COUNTRY SAFARI... SOUTH COUNTY REGIONAL PARK...NAPLES...IMMOKALEE... MICCOSUKEE INDIAN RESERVATION...MARKHAM PARK 720 AM EST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...HEADLINE... PATCHY TO AREAS OF FOG OVER THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST METRO AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY BURN OFF THROUGH 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT THAT VISIBILITIES IN THE FOG COULD FALL DOWN TO AROUND A HALF MILE ACROSS SOME AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING. LEAVE MORE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER VEHICLES AND USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THE FOG THIS MORNING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR HEADLINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 722 AM EST TUE NOV 15 2011 FLZ063-066-067-069>071-151400- GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER- INLAND BROWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMDALE...MOORE HAVEN...CLEWISTON... LA BELLE...BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE RESERVATION...PAHOKEE... SOUTH BAY...BELLE GLADE...WELLINGTON...LION COUNTRY SAFARI... SOUTH COUNTY REGIONAL PARK...NAPLES...IMMOKALEE... MICCOSUKEE INDIAN RESERVATION...MARKHAM PARK 722 AM EST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...PATCHY TO AREAS OF FOG CONTINUES ACROSS INTERIOR AND WEST COAST METRO AREAS THROUGH 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... PATCHY TO AREAS OF FOG OVER THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST METRO AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY BURN OFF THROUGH 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT THAT VISIBILITIES IN THE FOG COULD FALL DOWN TO AROUND A HALF MILE ACROSS SOME AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING. LEAVE MORE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER VEHICLES AND USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THE FOG THIS MORNING.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat index values in the mid to upper 80s resulted in a University of Miami football player to suffer from heat exhaustion. He was taken to the hospital where he was treated and reported in good condition.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, November 2011
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: 354723.