Florida, 2001Damaging 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.
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- 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.
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.
- 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.
- Heat in Wisconsin, July 20, 20011 death · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Hail in Montana, July 20, 2001$2.5 million · F0 · 41 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 20, 2001$22,000 · 1.25 in hail · 10 events
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Georgia, July 20, 20012 injured · $500 · 2 events
- Hail in South Dakota, July 20, 20011.75 in hail · 2 events
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, July 20, 20012 events
- Flash Flooding in Montana, July 20, 20012 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 20, 200162 kt wind · 2 events
- High Surf in Hawaii, July 20 to 23, 20012 events
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 20, 200162 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 20, 200152 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail in North Dakota, July 20, 20011 in hail · 1 event
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.