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 Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 16, 1:45 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 245 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2001 CURRENTLY...OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOSING CHARACTER ACROSS S/CEN FL THIS AFTERNOON...AND HAS BECOME LITTLE MORE THAN A WIND SHIFT LINE...WITH E WINDS TO THE NORTH AND SW WINDS SOUTH. SMALL SFC VORTS CONTINUE SPINNING UP ALL ALONG THE FRONT DUE TO THE HIGH SHEAR ENVIRONMENT OVER THE REGION. MOST NOTICEABLE OF THESE ARE OVER LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND OVER THE GOMEX JUST WEST OF FMY. A FEW SHOWERS ARE PUSHING ACROSS THE REGION...BUT MOST ACTIVITY IS BEING SHOVED INTO THE WRN HALF OF THE PENINSULA IN THE EASTERLY FLOW. OVERNIGHT...THE OLD FRONTAL TROUGH HAS SHOWED SIGNS OF DRIFTING NORTH...ESPECIALLY WEST OF OKEECHOBEE THE LAST HOUR. THE BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH OVERNIGHT AND WILL BE NORTH OF THE CWA BY TUE MORNING. EXPECT TO KEEP A SMALL POP SOUTH FOR LINGERING EVENING STORMS AND WILL WATCH RADAR TRENDS FOR THAT DECISION LATER. WILL ALSO KEEP A SLIGHT POP ACROSS NRN COASTAL ZONES OVERNIGHT FOR COASTAL SHOWERS FORMING ALONG THE BOUNDARY AS IT DRIFTS NORTH. LOW LEVEL FLOW SOUTH OF THE CAPE SHOULD BE MORE PARALLEL TO THE COAST... SO WILL NOT MENTION POPS SRN COASTAL COUNTIES. TUE AND WED...WILL TRANSITION FROM A WX PATTERN DRIVEN BY THE SYNOPTIC SCALE BOUNDARY OVER THE REGION TO A MORE NORMAL MESOSCALE SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY DRIVEN PATTERN. MOISTURE IS ALREADY SHOWING SIGNS OF INCREASING AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS WILL INCREASE AS THE OLD BOUNDARY MOVES NORTH. FLOW ON TUE LOOKS TO BE A LIGHT BUT DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW...EXTENDING ALL THE WAY UP TO H7. THIS WILL FAVOR GOOD CONVERGENCE AND ACTIVE EAST AND WEST COAST BREEZES TOMORROW WITH INTERIOR SECTIONS FAVORED FOR CONVECTION AS BOUNDARIES COME TOGETHER LATE. WILL GO LIKELY POPS INTERIOR TOMORROW AND CHC POPS (40S) COAST. WED LOOKS GOOD AS WELL AS LIGHT WIND FIELDS CONTINUE. LOOKS LIKE H85 FLOW BECOMES SW WED AS THE BERMUDA RIDGE AXIS BEGINS TO RE-ESTABLISH OVER SRN FL. THIS WILL FAVOR THE ERN HALF OF THE PENINSULA FOR CONVECTION. AVN AND ETA ARE IN BIG DISAGREEMENT ON PWATS WED...WITH AVN MUCH DRIER. BELIEVE THE AVN IS TOO DRY AND AM LEANING MORE TOWARDS ETA REGARDING MOISTURE. WILL GO 50 POPS AREA WIDE WED NOT FAVORING THE INTERIOR SINCE SW WINDS WILL HELP PUSH CONVECTION BACK TO THE COAST. TEMPTING TO GO LIKELY POPS AGAIN...BUT WOULD RATHER STICK WITH GOOD CHANCE FOR NOW. EXTENDED...RIDGE AXIS REMAINS ESTABLISHED OVER SRN FLORIDA KEEPING THE REGION IN A SW FLOW. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR THE ERN PENINSULA FOR SCT CONVECTION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AVN/MRF SUPPRESS THE RIDGE AXIS SOUTH OVER THE WEEKEND AS ANOTHER DEEP ERN US H5 TROF FORMS AND ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE SFC FRONT DROPS SOUTH. THE LATEST MRF SHOWS THE FRONT THROUGH THE REGION LATE SUN. CLIMO SUGGESTS THIS IS NOT LIKELY AND I DON'T LIKE THE DEEP SFC LOW IT SPINS UP OVER N/CEN FL ALONG THE FRONT EITHER. SO THE MRF SEEMS A BIT OVERDONE TO SAY THE LEAST...BUT AFTER THIS LAST FRONT MADE IT WELL SOUTH OF OKEECHOBEE...ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. PREFER TO LUMP MONDAY IN WITH THE WEEKEND FOR NOW AS IF SW FLOW CONTINUES AND FRONT NEVER MAKES IT TO THE REGION. MARINE...GRADIENT WINDS ARE DIMINISHING AND WILL BE ABLE TO DROP THE CAUTION TONIGHT. SEAS STILL 5 FEET AT BUOY 9 AND WILL BE SLOW TO DIMINISH AS SWELLS CONTINUE. WINDS WILL TRANSITION TO SOUTH AND THEN SW BY THU. DAB BT 075/088 074/092 074 242 MCO TT 073/090 073/092 074 164 MLB BT 077/088 075/090 075 142 88 .MLB...NONE. PUBLIC/MARINE...GITTINGER AVIATION/FIRE WX...CRISTALDI
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A 17 year old man drowned near Ponce Inlet when he entered the water to help another person who was struggling in a rip current.
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, Volusia | 2001-07-16 | 17 | 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, 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: 5259551.