1 waterspout, 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 Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 26, 9:15 AM EST, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1015 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2001 CURRENTLY...MORNING SOUNDING AGAIN HAD PW AROUND 1.75 INCHES...BUT DEEP SE WIND WAS A TAD STRONGER THAN YESTERDAY. EXCEPT FOR SHOWERS AND TSTMS WELL OFFSHORE OVER THE SE GULF...88D QUIET ATTM OVER THE FA. JUST NOW BEGINNING TO SEE SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER THE SE FL COAST. REST OF TODAY...CURRENT FCST SEEMS TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON SITUATION. EXPECT SE FLOW WILL AGAIN GIVE FA AN ACTIVE AFTN...WITH THE STRONGEST STORM POTENTIAL LIKELY TO BE OVER THE COASTAL AREAS. WITH SLIGHTLY STRONGER SE STEERING FLOW TODAY...CONVECTION WILL PROBABLY START A BIT EARLIER...WHICH SHOULD ALSO TRANSLATE TO AN EARLIER ENDING OF STORMS. BIGGEST THREAT TO ANY STRONGER STORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...WHICH THE MORNING HWO HITS. ONLY POTENTIAL CHANGE TO FCST TODAY WOULD BE TO BUMP SFC WINDS UP A BIT GIVEN 15- 20 KTS JUST ABOVE SFC. WILL WAIT FOR LATE MORNING OBS TO DECIDE. MARINE...NO MAJOR CHANGES EXPECTED. MAY ADD GUSTY WINDS AND HIGHER SEAS WITH STRONGER AFTN STORMS. .TBW...NONE MORALES
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
A pilot reported a waterspout over Boca Ciega Bay in extreme southern Pinellas county.
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: 5259855.