1 waterspout, 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 Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 26, 9:00 AM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1000 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2001 FORECAST PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD AS IT STANDS. 1200Z MFL RAOB SHOWS INCREASED INSTABILITY WITH AN INCREASE IN AVAILABLE MOISTURE...THEREFORE THE FORECASTED POPS LOOK GOOD. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY HAS STARTED JUST OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST AND ALONG THE UPPER KEYS. WILL MAKE ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO THE MARINE FORECAST PACKAGE. PRINGLE
FLZ063-066>075-262000- SOUTH FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 430 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2001 ALTHOUGH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON...THIS ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. ESPOSITO
FLZ063-066>075-262000- SOUTH FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 900 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2001 ALTHOUGH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON...THIS ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED. PRINGLE
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:12 UTC.
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
Air Traffic Control Tower personnel reported a waterspout in the Atlantic.
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: 5262340.