Florida, 2001

Damaging Wind in Florida, July 20, 2001

July 20, 2001 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

What forecasters said that day

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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 20, 11:55 AM CST, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 11:55 AM CST, 5 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...MESOSCALE UPDATE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1255 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2001

BASED ON LATEST SATELLITE...RADAR AND LAPS MESOSCALE ANALYSIS TIME
TRENDS ...WILL UPDATE ERN 1/4 OF ZONES TO LIKELY POPS FOR REMAINDER
OF THIS AFTERNOON.  MUCAPES AROUND 3200 J/KG AND RELATIVELY SLOW SWD
DRIFT (IE.. < 3 M/S) PORTEND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND STRONG
LOCALIZED TSTM WIND GUSTS.  IN THESE ZONES...ALSO UPPED POPS FOR
MAINLY THIS EVENING TO GO ALONG WITH INCREASED POPS ON THE FRONT END
OF THINGS.  ALSO...UPPED POPS A TAD TO LOW SCT CATEGORY IN NW 1/4
DUE TO LATEST LAPS ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPING CU FIELD ON VSBL
SATL IMGRY.

STILL BELIEVE THAT DEEP CONVECTION COMING DOWN FROM THE N WILL
DEVELOP AN ORGANIZED OTFLW THAT MAY PROPAGATE SWD THUS AFFECTING
COASTAL WATERS AFTER 21/00Z.  WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE AND WILL
HANDLE WITH MWS UNTIL SHORT-TERM CONVECTIVE EVOLUTIONS\POSSIBLE
OUTCOMES BECOME MORE CLEAR.

.MOB...
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Okaloosa

When
July 20, 5:30 PM CST to 5:32 PM CST
Where
Okaloosa County, Crestview
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
30.750, -86.600

High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees around Crestview.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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Sources

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: 5259644.