1 waterspout, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 13, 7:00 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 800 PM EDT MON AUG 13 2001 CURRENTLY...CONVECTION EARLIER TO START TODAY...AND THEREFORE EXPECTED TO END EARLIER THIS EVENING. STILL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GOING OVER POLK AND SUMTER...BUT BRUNT APPEARS TO BE OVER...DESPITE NEW CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER W POLK. --REST OF TONIGHT--- EXPECT CONVECTION TO BE OVER BY AROUND 10 PM. WILL ISSUE USUAL LATE EVENING UPDATE TO CLEAR EVENING POPS. MODELS INDICATE LIGHT WSW LOW LEVEL FLOW DEVELOPING LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY TUE...BUT NOT EXPECTING IT TO BE ENOUGH TO BRING ANY MORNING SHOWERS ONSHORE BEFORE SUNRISE. THUS...SHOULD BE OK TO REMOVE ANY POP MENTION FOR TONIGHT. --MARINE-- WITH LIGHT WSW LOW LEVEL FLOW EXPECTED BY LATER TONIGHT FROM ENGLEWOOD NORTH...COULD SEE ISOLATED SHOWERS/TSTMS LATER TONIGHT... WHICH IS ALREADY IN FCST. NO CHGS EXPECTED WITH EVENING UPDATE. .TBW...NONE. 33/MORALES
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
The Bonita Springs fire department observed a waterspout one mile west of Bonita Springs.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, August 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: 5266327.