1 lightning, 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 Jun 1, 1:00 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2001 SURFACE RIDGE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL MOVE TO EXTREME SOUTH FLORIDA BY TONIGHT AND TO THE STRAITS BY LATER SATURDAY. THE RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO MOVE NORTH AGAIN SUNDAY AND WILL BE NORTH OF THE LAKE BY SUNDAY EVENING. THIS PUTS THE CWA UNDER A LIGHT SOUTHWEST LOW LEVEL FLOW THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEN WILL BACK AROUND TO THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST BEGINNING SUNDAY. IN THE UPPER LEVELS...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE MISS. RIVER VALLEY WILL MOVE TO THE EAST U.S. AND FLORIDA BY SATURDAY. THIS WILL BRING AN INCREASE OF PWAT'S FROM AROUND 1.60" TODAY TO 1.90" BY SATURDAY. AVERAGE LAYER WIND FLOW WILL BE TO THE NORTHEAST. BY SATURDAY NIGHT UPPER TROUGH PASSES TO OUR EAST AND THE MRH'S LOWER AGAIN. WILL GO A BIT ABOVE GUIDANCE ON POPS FOR SATURDAY WITH 70-80% POPS INTERIOR AND EAST AND ONLY CHC SW COAST. ON SUNDAY...CHC POPS EXCEPT FOR GOOD CHC INLAND WITH BOTH SEABREEZES ACTIVE WITH SURFACE RIDGE OVER CWA. MARINE...NO HIGHLIGHTS NECESSARY WITH WINDS REMAINING LIGHT (10 KNOTS OR LESS) OUTSIDE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. EXTENDED...LATEST MRF MODEL SHOWS SURFACE RIDGE MOVING FURTHER NORTH INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA BY WEDNESDAY AND THEN BACK SOUTH TO SOUTH FLORIDA BY THURSDAY AND SOUTH OF THE CWA BY FRIDAY. MRH'S INCREASE AGAIN FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH A COLD FRONT ENTERING NORTH FLORIDA LATER THURSDAY AND WILL STALL OVER NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA FRIDAY. THIS WILL MEAN LOWER CHANCES ALONG THE EAST COAST WITH MORE AFTERNOON ACTIVITY INLAND AND ALONG INTERIOR WEST COAST MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GOOD TO LIKELY POPS EXPECTED THURSDAY AND ESPECIALLY FRIDAY. PBI TB 072/088 072/090 074 1848542 MIA TB 074/088 075/089 075 1837432 .MIA...NONE.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:29 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning strike caused damage to the roof of a gas station.
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, June 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: 5250989.