Florida, 2001Damaging Wind in Florida, July 6, 2001
July 6, 2001 · NWS TBW · 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
- $150,000
- 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
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NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 6, 8:56 AM EST, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 8:56 AM EST, 53 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
956 AM EDT FRI JUL 6 2001
5H TROF OVER THE ERN U.S. BOTTOMED OUT OVERNIGHT AND AS IT LIFTS
NEWD INTO THE ATLNTC...IS ALLOWING 5H RIDGING TO REBUILD INTO THE
STATE. CONSEQUENTLY THE SFC RIDGE AXIS OVER THE S PNSULA ON THURS IS
ALREADY EASING NWD AND LIKELY SET UP OVER THE CENTRAL PNSULA TDY...
THEN MEANDER ABOUT THE NRN/CNTRAL FA THROUGH SUNDAY. 5H TROFFING INTO
THE ERN U.S. ON MONDAY WILL AGAIN SINK THE SFC RIDGE AXIS BACK TO
THE S PNSULA MONDAY INTO MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.
SO WITH WEAK SFC/UPR RIDGING OVER THE PNSULA...EXPECT LGT/VRLB WINDS
...SOME WEAK SUBSIDENCE AND A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL JULY CLIMO DIURNAL
POPS...WITH ENOUGH OVERNIGHT LAND BREEZE TO KEEP NOCTURNAL CONVECTION
OVER THE MARINE WATERS.
PUBLIC ZONE FCST LOOKS REASONABLE FOR TODAY...BUT WILL MAKE
ADJUSTMENTS TO MARINE FCST WINDS DIRECTIONS IN RESPONSbE TO THE WEAK
SURFACE RIDGE AXIS SETTING UP OVER THE CENTRAL PNSULA TODAY.
.TBW...NONE.
DMR
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:00 AM EST, 4 hours 49 minutes before
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-061500-
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
600 AM EDT FRI JUL 6 2001
...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...
THE COMBINATION OF DAYTIME HEATING...ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE...AND
SEABREEZES BOUNDARIES WILL HELP GENERATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TODAY INTO
THIS EVENING.
THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE COASTAL
COUNTIES LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE MOVING INLAND
LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS.
RESIDENTS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR
LOCATION...MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. MOTORIST ARE URGED TO USE
EX|TREME CAUTION AND AVOID DRIVING THROUGH WATER OF FLOODED ROADS.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hernando
- When
- July 6, 9:49 AM EST
- Where
- Hernando County, 8 mi WSW of Brooksville
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 28.500, -82.500
National Weather Service damage survey concluded that thunderstorm winds downed sixteen utility poles, two commercial signs and a few trees along State Road 50, one half mile west of County Road 587 (Mariner Blvd). Twelve of the downed power poles on the north side of State Road 50 were also toppled northward by the straight-line thunderstorm winds west of State Road 50 and Weeping Willow Road. Four of the power poles downed on the south side of State Road 50 were also toppled in a northward direction.Also, an electrical fire, caused by downed power lines from the straight-line winds, severely damaged a parked vehicle.
- 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.
- Tornadoes in South Carolina, July 6, 200139 injured · $8.8 million · F2 · 2 events
- Heat in Missouri, July 6 to 8, 20012 deaths · 37 events
- Lightning Strike in California, July 6, 20011 injured · $840,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in California, July 6, 2001$1.2 million · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 6, 2001$250,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in California, July 6, 2001$200,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in California, July 6, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
- Flood in California, July 6, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
- Flood in California, July 6, 2001$20,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 6, 2001$20,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 6, 2001$15,000 · 0.75 in hail · 2 events
- Rip Current in Guam, July 6, 20011 injured · 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: 5261302.