Florida, 2001Tornado in Florida, June 16, 2001
June 16, 2001 · NWS MFL · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- 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
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 16, 1:06 PM EST, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 1:06 PM EST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
206 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001
WHEN I LEFT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, ETA HAD REMNANTS OF ALLISON IN
ATLC AS COMPARED TO AVN. SEEING ALLISON STILL AROUND DELMARVA HAVE A
BIT MORE CONFIDENCE IN AVN SOLUTION INSTEAD OF ETA TAKING ALLISON SE
AND DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW SE CAPE HATTERAS. SO.....
REMNANTS ALLISON MEANDER AROUND THE DELMARVA PENINSULA THROUGH
TONIGHT THEN COLD FRONT OVER NEW ENGLAND CATCHES SYSTEM AND MOVES
REMAINS NE ALONG NEW ENGLAND ATLC COAST. SURFACE TO 700 MB TROUGH
MOVES SE STALLING OVER CENTRAL FLA SUN INTO MON. EVE ACTIVITY
TONIGHT MAINLY WESTERN SUBURBS(HOPEFULLY NO STRAY STRONG GUST FRONT
TO KICK THINGS E). ON SUN, WITH SURFACE/700 MB TROUGH TO N, WEAK
SURFACE SW FLOW DEVELOPS BUT E COAST SEA BREEZE STILL EXPECTED AND
WITH A 700 MB W/NW STEERING FLOW, TRAJECTORY OF CONVECTION WILL BE
TOWARD E COAST AFTERNOON WITH EVENING ACTIVITY MAINLY E. 700MB
TROUGH BEGINS TO FILL/WEAKEN MON AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO REBUILD
OVER THE SE U.S. BUT FLOW REMAINS SW WHICH WARRANTS HIGHER POPS E
COAST AGAIN WITH EVE ACTIVITY MAINLY E SUN NIGHT. MON NIGHT SIMILAR
SUN NIGHT. COMPARED TO TODAY, A GRADUAL DECREASE IN POPS W COAST SUN
AND MON.
HAVE SEEN A MORE MOIST AND MORE UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TODAY THROUGH
MON BUT SLOW STEERING FLOW WILL ALLOW HEAVY RAINS. 500 MB TEMPS
REMAIN RATHER COOL SO HEAVY WEATHER POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON THIS
AFTERNOON, SUN AND MON.
IN E WILL GO ABOVE POPS GUIDANCE THROUGH PERIOD ESPECIALLY INTERIOR
AND E COAST AREAS. TEMPS REASONABLE.
IN THE EXTENDED, HIGH PRESSURE SURFACE/ALOFT BUILDS OVER THE SE U.S.
AND ADJACENT W ATLC. A DECENT SE FLOW DEVELOPS OVER S FLA REGULATING
ACTIVITY TO BE LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING E COAST TO MAINLY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING INTERIOR AND W THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS PATTERN PERSISTS
THROUGH THU WHEN ANOTHER STRONG SHORT WAVE TROUGH BEGINS TO DEVELOP
OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST. AS SYSTEM DIGS AND MOVES SE, THE SURFACE
RIDGE MOVES SE TO S OF AREA BY SATURDAY WITH STEERING FLOW BECOMING
SW FRI AND SAT ENSURING A WETTER E COAST WITH SOME WARMING
ESPECIALLY SAT.
IN THE COASTAL ZONES, WINDS REMAIN GENERALLY 10 KNOTS OR LESS WITH
DIRECTION VARYING FROM SE TO SW THEN BACK TO SE IN EXTENDED
FOLLOWING POSITION OF THE SURFACE TROUGH.
FIRE WX...NO HIGHLIGHTS.
MIA TT 077/089 076/088 077 1535454
PBI TT 074/090 073/087 076 1536454=
.MIA...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 16, 12:03 PM EST, 4 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
103 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1253 PM COOPER CITY FL 60-70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/16/01 BROWARD TREES DOWN AND POWER
OUTTAGES. WIND GUSTS
MEASURED BY ANEMOMETER.
REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.Local storm report, Jun 16, 12:25 PM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
125 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0122 PM MIAMI LAKE FL .75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01 DADE TREES BENT OVER BY WIND
ALSO. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0122 PM MIAMI LAKE FL 1 INCH HAIL
06/16/01 DADE INTERSECTION OF THE
PALMETTO AND NW 57TH
AVENUE. REPORTED BY
OFF-DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE.Local storm report, Jun 16, 1:07 PM EST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
207 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0154 PM GREENACRES CITY FL 1 INCH HAIL
06/16/01 PALMBEACH CORNER OF SR 80 AND JOG
ROAD. REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER PB151.Local storm report, Jun 16, 1:47 PM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
247 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0145 PM WEST MIAMI FL 1 INCH HAIL
06/16/01 DADE CORNER OF TAMIAMI TRAIL
AND KROME AVENUE.
REPORTED BY MICCOSUKEE
h LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Jun 16, 1:58 PM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
258 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0145 PM WEST MIAMI FL 1 INCH HAIL
06/16/01 DADE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT
THE INTERSECTION OF
KROME AVENUE AND
TAMIAMI TRAIL. REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Jun 16, 3:28 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
428 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0*333 PM 15 W HOMESTEAD FL 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/16/01 DADE REPORTED BY EVERGLADES
NATIONAL PARK EMPLOYEE.Tornado, Collier
- When
- June 16, 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Collier County, Naples
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 15 yd
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 26.133, -81.800
A tornado touched down in Lely Golf Estates, uprooting several large trees.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, June 16 to 18, 20011 death · $35 million · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 16, 20012.75 in hail · 36 events
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 16, 2001$50,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 16, 2001$40,000 · 53 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Florida, June 16, 2001$31,000 · 3 events
- Wildfire in California, June 16 to 24, 20012 injured · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 16, 2001$500 · 1 in hail · 16 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 16, 20011 in hail · 15 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 16, 2001$15,000 · 70 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 16, 2001$10,000 · 56 kt wind · 10 events
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 16, 2001$15,000 · 1 event
- Hail in Kansas, June 16, 20011.75 in hail · 9 events
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: 5251072.