Florida, 2001Damaging Wind in Florida, June 18, 2001
June 18, 2001 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- 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 Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 18, 1:17 PM EST, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 1:17 PM EST, 4 hours 28 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
217 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2001
FORECAST PACKAGE RATHER CUT AND DRIED THROUGH THE SHORT TERM.
ABUNDANT MOISTURE...LEFTOVER WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCES...AND A
GENERAL WEAK SE FLOW BELOW H50 MEANS MORE ABUNDANT RAINFALL...WITH
TIMING MAINLY LATE AFTN AND EVENING. CURR FCST WORDING ONLY NEEDS
A FEW TWEAKS.
MODELS ARE IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT...WITH EACH CONTINUING A BROAD H50
SHEAR AXIS ACROSS N FL. OTHER FIELDS ARE NEARLY IDENTICAL...
AVN/ETA PERHAPS A BIT MOISTER.
SHORT TERM:
STILL LIKE THE MESO-ETA DEPICTION OF PREDOMINANTLY LATE AFTN/EVE
(TIL MIDNIGHT) THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL COS...A SHADE EARLIER
FOR THE INTERIOR COS. ISOLD ACTIVITY MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE WCSB
LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTN...BUT WILL LEAVE OUT IN LIEU OF THE MORE
WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY LATER ON. TEMPS A BIT COOLER INLAND GIVEN
PREDOMINANT E FLOW...AND RAIN COOLED AIR COMBINED WITH LIGHT FLOW
WILL KEEP MIN TEMPS NEAR OR JUST ABOVE 70.
EXTENDED:
UPPER TROUGH STILL ON TRACK TO DIG INTO THE ERN U.S. NEW MRF SHOWS
THIS SYSTEM EVENTUALLY CUTTING OFF OVER THE TN VALLEY THEN
RETROGRADING W EARLY NEXT WEEK. SUCH SYSTEMS ARE NOT UNCOMMON IN
LATE JUNE...AND TEND TO KEEP THE RAIN MACHINE GOING OVER THE E
U.S. FOR US...THE SOLN IS A BIT MURKY REGARDING TIMING. W ATLC HIGH
PRES WILL HANG TOUGH...LEAVING A GENERAL LIGHT SE-SW FLOW. FOR
NOW...WILL BROAD BRUSH FRI-MON WITH NO PCPN TIMING AND TEMPS NEAR
CLIMO.
MARINE: STILL QUIET THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH AVG WINDS NO HIGHER
THAN 10 KT EXPECTED.
FIRE WX: DITTO...WITH HOPEFULLY FEWER BRUSH FIRES AND MORE
WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO DOUSE THEM.
PRELIM NUMBERS:
TPA TT 072/92/72/92 4454
FMY TT 071/92/71/92 5454
.TBW...NONE.
88/GOLDSMITH
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- June 18, 5:45 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Polk County, Winter Haven
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 28.017, -81.717
The Polk county sheriffs department, local utility company and broadcast media reported that thunderstorm winds downed numerous large trees and power lines in a triangular area bounded by Winter Haven, Auburndale and Lake Alfred. Over 7,000 Polk county residents were without electrical power for up to an hour due to the wind downed lines.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado in Wisconsin, June 18, 20012 deaths · 16 injured · $10 million · F3 · 1 event
- Heat in Missouri, June 18, 20011 death · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 18, 2001$5.5 million · 1.75 in hail · 8 events
- Hail in South Dakota, June 18, 2001$6.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 18, 2001$526,000 · 2.75 in hail · 20 events
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 18, 2001$280,000 · F0 · 31 events
- Tornado in Wisconsin, June 18, 2001F2 · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 18, 2001$200,000 · F1 · 7 events
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 18, 2001$279,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 18, 2001$150,000 · 1 event
- High Wind in Michigan, June 18, 2001$100,000 · 62 kt wind · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 18, 2001$35,000 · 1.25 in hail · 24 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: 5254926.