1 lightning, 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 Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 21, 9:00 AM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1000 AM EDT TUE AUG 21 2001 AS OF THIS MOMENT...NO CHANGES IN THE PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE. HOWEVER..I DO BELIEVE WE COULD SEE ISOLATED HEAVY PRECIP IN SOME AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AS 12Z SOUNDING CAME IN WITH A HIGHER PW (1.90) AND STILL MEAN STEERING FLOW IS VERY LIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOP TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OR DRIFT VERY SLOWLY. .MIA...NONE. GARCIA
FLZ063-066>075-202000- SOUTH FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 930 AM EDT TUE AUG 21 2001 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... ...SLIGHT CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZES THIS AFTERNOON. DAYTIME HEATING AND ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. ON THE WEST COAST...THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL MOVE SLOWLY TOWARD THE INTERIOR OF SOUTH FLORIDA. ON THE EAST COAST...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TOWARD THE EAST COAST METROPOLITAN AREAS AND ALONG THE SEA BREEZE. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. HOWEVER...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR THIS AFTERNOON. A LIGHT EAST TO SOUTHEAST LOW TO MID LEVEL WIND FLOW WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS OVER THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MIA. GARCIA
The Miami radar (KAMX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:39 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A woman standing next to her vehicle was knocked down and injured by a nearby lightning strike. It was raining heavily at the time.
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: 5262335.