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 Jul 10, 8:55 AM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 955 AM EDT TUE JUL 10 2001 12Z SOUNDING CAME IN VERY WET WITH A PW=2.01.THUS I BELIEVE A VERY WET AFTERNOON IS IN STORE. CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE CALLS FOR AN 80 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN...I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THAT. FURTHERMORE ETA 10 KM SHOWS THE RAIN STARTING OVER WESTERN AREA DURING LATE MORNING THEN SPREADING EASTWARD OVER INTERIOR AND REST OF SOUTH FLORIDA DURING THE AFTERNOON. GREATEST THREAT TODAY WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINS. WITH A PW SO HIGH COMBINED WITH A WEAK AVERAGE WIND FLOW...ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL EITHER REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OR DRIFT EVER SO SLOWLY TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST. I WILL MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON AS THAT IS VERY LIKELY...THAT WILL BE THE ONLY CHANGE IN THE CURRENT PACKAGE. .MIA...NONE. GARCIA
FLZ063-066>075-102200- SOUTH FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 930 AM EDT TUE JUL 10 2001 ...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TODAY... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED OVER SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL START DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS AND AND WILL SPREAD OVER THE INTERIOR AND EASTERN SECTIONS MAINLY THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH... HOWEVER...THE GREATEST THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS. ALL OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MIA.
FLZ063-066>075-102200- SOUTH FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 930 AM EDT TUE JUL 10 2001 ...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TODAY... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED OVER SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL START DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS AND AND WILL SPREAD OVER THE INTERIOR AND EASTERN SECTIONS MAINLY THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH... HOWEVER...THE GREATEST THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS. ALL OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MIA.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:02 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Two boys, ages 13 and 11, were injured when lightning struck the tree in which they were attempting to descend. The boys had been playing in a tree house, and after hearing thunder began climbing down. The 13-year old was critically injured when he fell on his head.
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, 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: 5257982.