Florida, 2001

Hail in Florida, June 15, 2001

June 15, 2001 · NWS MFL · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 15, 1:45 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 1:45 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
245 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001

LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS SURFACE RIDGE NORTH OF THE LAKE ACROSS
CENTRAL FLORIDA. SURFACE FRONT ACROSS THE MS RIVER VALLEY
CONTINUES ITS EASTWARD PROGRESSION AS REMANENTS OF ALLISON LINGER
ACROSS NC. AT THE UPR LVLS 12Z CHARTS AND W/V LOOP SHOW RIDGE
ACROSS THE GULF AND SW US WITH THE AXIS OF THE GULF RIDGE NUDGING
INTO FL ACROSS THE LAKE OKE AREA. 12 UPR AIR DATA ALSO SHOW A
RIDGE ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF WITH THE AXIS ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PORTION OF OUR CWA. ALL THIS RESULTS IN DRIER AND COOLER THAN
NORMAL AIRMASS ALOFT WITH 12Z SNDG FROM THIS MORNING SHOWING H5 TEMPS
OF -11 WITH MODIFIED CAPES ABOVE 5000 J/KG AND LI AROUND -12. SO
STRONG CONVECTION IS AGAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
LOOK FOR C-BRZ AND OUTFLOWS TO BE TRIGGERING MECHANISMS.

THE MODELS ARE NOW MORE COHERENT AS TO THE WEATHER PICTURE THIS
WEEKEND. THEY ALSO INITIALIZED SYNOPTIC PICTURE DEPICTED ABOVE
FAIRLY WELL. AND SO FOR THE WEEKEND WE ARE LOOKING AT FRONT ACROSS
THE MS RIVER VALLEY TODAY CATCHING UP TO SURFACE TROUGH LEFT OVER
FROM ALLISON AND MOVING AS A FRONT INTO NORTH FLORIDA ON SUNDAY
MORNING. THE POSITION OF THE LOW AND MID LVL RIDGE FAVORS PUSHING
THIS FEATURE DOWN INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IN
FACT...AVN CONTINUES (AND NOW ETA IS ALSO DOING IT) TO DEVELOP A
CLOSED LOW AT LOW LVLS SUNDAY DURING THE DAY WITH GOOD OMEGA FORCING
DEPICTED ACROSS OUR AREA IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE THE LOW
LVL LOW WEAKENS SUNDAY NIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME...SURFACE RIDGE
NORTH OF US NOW MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE CWA TOMORROW REACHING THE
STRAITS TOMORROW NIGHT. FORECAST SNDGS SHOW STORM MOTION OUT OF THE
NNE TOMORROW BUT LESS THAN 5 KNOTS SHIFTING FROM THE WNW ON SUNDAY AT
LESS THAN 5 KNOTS TOO. THEREFORE...C-BRZ AND OUTFLOWS WILL PLAY A
ROLE IN MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS BUT BEST CHANCE OF EAST COAST BEING
AFFECTED IS ON SUNDAY. WESTERN SUBURBS HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF BEING
AFFECTED ON SATURDAY TOO THAN CLOSER TO THE COAST.

THE MODELS ALSO KEEP US COOLER THAN NORMAL ALOFT THROUGH SUNDAY.
SO THE BOTTOM LINE TO ALL THIS IS THAT WITH SURFACE TROUGH/FRONT
MAKING IT THAT FAR SOUTH THIS TIME OF THE YEAR AND THE SLIGHTLY
COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPS ALOFT THERE WILL BE A GOOD CHANCE/LIKELY
OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEKEND WITH ONE OR TWO QUITE STRONG. PWAT
REMAINS LESS THAN 1.75 THROUGH SUNDAY AND THAT IS THE ONLY LIMITING
FACTOR PREVENTING THE POPS FROM BEING HIGHER. NORMALLY YOU NEED
CLOSER TO 2 INCHES BEFORE YOU CAN JUMP INTO THE CATEGORICAL RANGE.

TEMPERATURE WISE I WILL CONTINUE THE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS. THE
SYNOPTIC FORCING WE WILL EXPERIENCE THIS WEEKEND DOES NOT
REPRESENT A WASH OUT BUT RATHER AN ENHANCEMENT OF THE DIURNAL
CONVECTIVE CYCLE MEANING WE WILL STILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO WARM UP AS
IN THE PAST FEW DAYS AS SURFACE FLOW REMAINS FAIRLY LIGHT.

EXTENDED...RIDGE BEHIND THE FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE COAST INTO THE
ATLANTIC ON MONDAY WITH EASTERLY REGIME DOMINATING THE WX PICTURE
THROUGH THE WEEK. SO WILL GO WITH LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING CHANCES
EAST COAST AND AFTERNOON AND EVENING ELSEWHERE THROUGH THE PD.

MARINE...WILL MAINTAIN CURRENT TRENDS IN CWF WHICH IS VERIFYING
NICELY ATTM TIME AND GIVEN RIDGE ACROSS THE AREA AND ITS EXPECTED
MOVEMENT DO NOT SEE MUCH REASON TO CHANGE.

FIRE...NO HIGHLIGHTS.

MIA BT 078/091 076/090 076 52243
PBI TT 075/092 073/091 074 52253

.MIA...NONE.

PS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 9:50 AM EST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
FLZ063-066>075-AMZ630-650-651-152000-

SOUTH FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1050 AM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...
...HEAT INDICES NEAR 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN ACROSS THE INTERIOR
SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA AS THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZES
COLLIDE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL DRIFT SLOWLY TOWARD THE
SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST DRIVEN BY A LIGHT NORTHWEST STEERING FLOW.

THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WILL RESULT IN SOME AREAS
RECEIVING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD
APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS, THEREFORE...WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50
MPH...FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL ARE
POSSIBLE. SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TODAY AND SHOULD MONITOR THE
SITUATION. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REACH THE LOWER TO MID 90S
ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THIS...COMBINE WITH DEW POINT
TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE LOWER TO MID 70S...WILL RESULT IN HEAT
INDICES NEAR 105 DEGREE THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUTDOORS
THIS AFTERNOON...TRY TO LIMIT EXPOSURE IN THE SUN AND DRINK PLENTY
OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS.

NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER SOUTH FLORIDA THIS
AFTERNOON.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MIAMI WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MIA.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Miami-Dade

When
June 15, 2:52 PM EST
Where
Miami-Dade County, 28 mi W of Miami
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
25.767, -80.650

A Park Ranger at the Shark Valley portion of Everglades National Park reported dime-size hail.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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: 5251000.