1 tornado, 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 Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 7, 9:00 AM PST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1000 AM PDT SAT JUL 7 2001 SYNOPSIS...A FLOW OF DEEP MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT THROUGH TODAY. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE PRODUCING ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE THREAT OF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN. A REPEAT OF THIS PATTERN IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...THEN A SLIGHT DRYING TREND IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY FOR A DECREASE IN THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. DISCUSSION...WV LOOP SHOWS LOW CENTERED NEAR 31N/127W WITH DEEP MOISTURE STREAMING UP TOWARD SRN CA COAST FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LOW. MOISTURE AND CLOUDINESS FROM YESTERDAYS SYSTEM IS STILL FROM SIERRAS AND ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NV AND DRIFTING NORTH. DRY AREA IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS IS IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS OVER SE CA. VERY MOIST AT THE LOWER LEVELS AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS EXIST ACROSS THE ENITRE CWA. CU IS ALREADY FORMING OVER THE HIGH TERRAINS AND IT SHOULD BE ANOTHER BUSY AFTERNOON. WILL CONTINUE WITH FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR INYO AND MUCH OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. AT THIS POINT IT LOOKS LIKE THE SHORTWAVE OFF THE SRN CA COAST WILL DRIFT NE...TOWARD CA DESERT ZONES THIS AFTERNOON...GIVING GOOD REASONING FOR THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE ACTIVITY THERE. THIS SHORTWAVE WILL CONTINUE MOVING SLOWLY OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY TOWARD NERN CWA. THIS MAY MEAN THAT SUNDAY COULD BE AS OR MORE ACTIVE THAN TODAY. MAYBE SOME DRYING ON MONDAY AS THE SHORTWAVE EXITS TO THE NE AND A MORE SW FLOW BEGINS? FINGERS ARE CROSSED. SL .LAS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RNOFFALAS STATEMENT FOR DETAILS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado touched down in Joshua Tree causing minor damage to homes and businesses. The most significant damage reports included damage to a roof of an abandoned house and a patio cover torn off another home.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for California, 2001Warnings in California, July 2001
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: 5256791.