1 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 5, 1:15 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
215 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2001
CURRENTLY MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY ACROSS CWFA. A FEW OUTLYING
BANDS OF SHOWERS & TSTM/ FROM BARRY IN THE GULF - SEE NHC PRODUCTS
FOR LATEST INFORMATION/ ARE STREAMING NORTH...THESE ARE MAINLY ON
THE OUTER EDGES OF THE COASTAL WATERS. HOWEVER A FEW SHOWERS/TSTMS
ARE PUSHING INTO LEE CNTY FROM THE SOUTH AND ALSO STARTING TO FORM
OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES.
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH NOW IN PLACE CITRUS AND LEVY FOR WATER LEVELS
1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDES THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. WILL ISSUE NEXT
STATEMENT AROUND 4 PM...AM LEANING TOWARD JUST KEEPING A WATCH
OVERNIGHT.
WILL CONTINUE WITH THE AVN/ WHICH HAS BEEN VERIFYING BETTER WITH
RESPECT TO BARRY/ AND THE NHC TRACK AS GUIDANCE OF CHOICE IN THE
SHORT TERM PERIOD. BARRY MOVES INTO GULF COASTAL STATES MONDAY AS
SURFACE RIDGE FROM THE ATLANTIC TO CUBA BEGINS TO MOVE NORTH...
ACROSS CWFA. THESE FEATURES WILL MAINTAIN A MOIST/PWAT ~2 TO 2.25
IN/ DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW THROUGH EARLY TUE. AS RIDGE BUILDS FROM THE
SOUTH AND H5 RIDGE MOVES INTO THE SOUTHEAST STATES DURING TUE WINDS
BACK TO SE AND PWATS DROP TO ~1.75-2.00 IN. WILL GRADUALLY TRIM
AND CLEAR ZONES FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AS TEMPS/POPS RETURN TO MORE
CLIMO BY LATE TUE.
RIDGE AXIS MOVES NORTH OF CWFA DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH SE
BECOMING EAST FLOW AND CLIMO TEMPS/POPS. AVN/MRF SUGGEST INVERTED
TROUGH MOVING OVER OR JUST SOUTH OF SOUTH FL FRI-SAT BUT WILL KEEP
JUST SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS IN EXTENDED PACKAGE.
SCA WILL BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE NEAR SHORE IN NORTH(870 & 850)AND
KEEP SCEC ON OFFSHORE CENTRAL ZONE(873). WINDS/SEAS TO BEGIN TO
SLOWLY DROP MONDAY AND THEN BACK TO SE TUE AND EASTERLY WED-FRI.
PRELIM NUMBERS...
TPA 73/89 74/91 6424
FMY 75/90 75/92 5423
.TBW...SCA TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT TO 60 NM.
...SCEC ENFGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS FROM 20 TO 60 NM.
...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MONDAY LEVY AND CITRUS
COUNTIES.
09/RKRThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A 65 year old male drowned in a rip current at Lighthouse Beach on Sanibel Island.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, Lee | 2001-08-05 | 65 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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: 5266423.