1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 8, 1:45 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 245 PM EDT MON JUL 8 2001 MID LEVEL CIRCULATION OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST IS FORECAST TO MOVE SOUTHWEST AND WILL PASS NEAR/ACROSS SOUTHERN PENINSULA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY AND INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. ONLY SURFACE REFLECTION WILL BE A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH. COLD POOL ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW COULD FUEL SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AS THE MOST LIKELY CONSEQUENCE. JULY IS THE SECOND MOST LIKELY MONTH FOR HAIL IN SOUTH FLORIDA. ABUNDANT DEEP LAYER MOISTURE...ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW...WILL CREATE A LOT OF MID AND HIGH CLOUDS THAT MAY LIMIT DAYTIME HEATING TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...BUT THERE WILL PROBABLY BE ENOUGH THIN SPOTS TO ALLOW CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES TO BE REACHED AND THEN THE SELF PERPETUATING THUNDERSTORM PROCESSES WILL BE IN FULL SWING. THUS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY LASTING INTO THE EVENING. EXTENDED... ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST...AS DEEP LAYER MOISTURE DECREASES BY THE END OF THE WEEK...SKIES SHOULD ONCE AGAIN BECOME MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNINGS AND PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH ABOVE CLIMO CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST...ONSHORE FLOW WILL MAINTAIN THE PATTERN OF LATE NIGHT AND MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MARINE... SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS ON TUESDAY BUT OFFSHORE COMPONENT ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST WILL LIMIT FETCH AND THUS SEAS WILL BE LOWER NEAR THE SHORE. MIA TT 075/089 075/091 075 4736 PBI TT 074/090 073/092 072 4736 .MIA...NONE. LUSHINE
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:21 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado touched down on S.R. 29 damaging the roof of the Tootsie Roll Drive Thru.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Florida, 2001Warnings 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: 5257981.