Florida, 2001

Damaging Wind in Florida, July 23, 2001

July 23, 2001 · NWS MFL · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • 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
None recorded
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 Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 23, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
230 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2001

SATELLITE AND RADAR ARE SHOWING VERTICALLY STACKED LOW OVER THE GULF
JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF TAMPA BAY. HIGH AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE ARE
ROTATING AROUND THE LOW OVER SOUTH FLORIDA RESULTING IN COPIUS
AMOUNTS OF RAIN OVER MOST OF THE REGION. MODELS HAVE NOT HAD A
HANDLE ON THIS MOISTURE FIELD IN THE PAST AND IT APPEARS THAT THIS
IS AGAIN THE CASE. FWC AND MAV POPS APPEAR MUCH TOO LOW FOR TONIGHT
AND IN THE ZONES I WILL GO WITH 80 PERCENT ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA.

MANY LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN.
RADAR AND SATELLITE ARE SHOWING TRAINING OVER SOUTH FLORIDA AND
THE FLOOD WATCH WILL BE EXTENDED FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT.

ALTHOUGH THE PROGS HAVE NOT BEEN VERY GOOD ON THE MOISTURE AND
PRECIPIATION OVER SOUTH FLORIDA...THEY HAVE BEEN REASONABLE ON THE
MOVEMENT OF THE GULF LOW. ALL PROGS SHOW THIS SYSTEM WEAKENING AS IT
MOVES NORTH. BY WEDNESDAY...THIS SYSTEM SHOULD BE OVER THE
CAROLINAS.

AS THE LOW MOVES NORTH...THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR SOUTH
SHOULD MOVE OVER SOUTH FLORIDA LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AND BE TO
OUR NORTH BY THURSDAY. AS THIS OCCURS...POPS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH
TUESDAY AS SOME DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. HOWEVER...THE
AVIATION MODEL IS SHOWING ANOTHER SHOT OF MOISTURE MOVING IN THE
EASTERLY FLOW ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA WEDNESDAY. THUS AN INCREASE IN
POPS FOR WEDNESDAY.

WILL GO WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA AT LEAST
THROUGH MIDNIGHT WITH DECREASING WINDS BY SUNRISE.

IN THE EXTENDED WILL GO WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS
POPS SHOULD BE CLOSE TO WHAT CLIMATE WITH THE SURFACE RIDGE TO OUR
NORTH NEAR LAT 30N.

PBI TB 073/088 074/088 075 108546
FLL TB 075/088 076/088 076 108546
MIA TB 076/088 077/088 077 108546
APF TB 076/091 076/091 076 108646

.MIA...FLOOD WATCH GLADES...HENDRY...PALM BEACH...COLLIER...
       BROWARD...MAINLAND MONROE AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES TONIGHT
       SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ATLANTIC...GULF AND BISCAYNE WATERS
       TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 23, 10:49 AM EST, 4 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI, FL
1149 AM EDT MON JUL 23 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1030 AM    NAPLES                    FL   FLOOD
07/23/01   COLLIER                        PROSPECT AND AIRPORT ROADS
                                          FLOODED AND CLOSED

1100 AM    GOLDEN GATE               FL   WIND DAMAGE
07/23/01   COLLIER                        TREE LIMBS DOWN IN GOLDEN
                                          GATE ESTATES

1105 AM    MARCO ISLAND              FL   FLOOD
07/23/01   COLLIER                        GOLDEN GATE
                                          PARKWAY...GOODLETTE
                                          ROAD...AND PARTS OF US 41
                                          TAMIAMI TRAIL
                                          FLOODED...PARTS OF
                    q                      POINSETTIA VILLAGE FLOODED

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Palm Beach

When
July 23, 3:00 PM EST
Where
Palm Beach County, Boca Raton
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
26.350, -80.083

A SKYWARN spotter reported small to medium-size trees were uprooted.

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.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5256660.