Florida, 2001

Wildfire in Florida, June 1 to 7, 2001

June 1 to 7, 2001 · NWS TAE · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 31, 8:00 PM EST, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 8:00 PM EST, 4 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
900 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2001

WILL HOLD OFF ZONE FORECAST UPDATE UNTIL EVENING CONVECTION ENDS OR
MOVES NORTHEAST. MOST ACTIVE AREA REMAINS NORTHWEST OF ALBANY &
PUSHING NORTHEAST. REST OF FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK AT THIS TIME.
TIMING OF CONVECTION ON FRIDAY APPEARS TO BE AROUND NOON TO SUNSET
WITH MAX MOISTURE INFLUX...LIFT...INSTABILITY & DYNAMICS. SOME HEAVY
RAIN MENTION GOOD WITH PRECIP WATER VALUES REACHING 1.84 INCHES AS
MAX AT 18Z FRI. ATTM THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS APPEARS LOW...WITH WIND
OR HAIL BEING MAIN THREAT. SHEAR FIELDS APPEAR NOT TO SUPPORT
TORNADIC THREAT.

MARINE: WINDS & SEAS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE INTO FRIDAY...WITH SCEC
CRITERIA ON FRIDAY. ATTM...APPEARS WILL STAY BELOW SCA.

FIRE WX: RH VALUES REMAIN HIGH. NO HEADLINES. MORE PRECIP STILL
NEEDED IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY TO TOTALLY END SMOLDERING FIRE.

.TLH...
AL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
FL...NONE.

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Lafayette

When
June 1, 12:00 AM EST to June 7, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Lafayette County, Southeast Portion
Reported by
PARK/FOREST SERVICE
Coordinates
29.986, -83.181 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Mallory Swamp fire burned a total of 57,200 acres according to the Florida Division of Forestry. Numerous homes on County Roads 349 and 351 were threatened and their residents evacuated, but none were damaged. Considerable haze and smoke from the blaze covered much of Interstate 10 from Tallahassee to Jacksonville.

What these are

Wildfire
A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.

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: 5251045.