Florida, 2001Lightning Strike in Florida, June 2, 2001
June 2, 2001 · NWS MFL · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 7
- 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 2, 8:55 AM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 8:55 AM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
955 AM EDT SAT JUN 2 2001
LOOKING AT THIS MORNINGS RAOB...EVERYTHING LOOKS PRIMED FOR NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. CAPE IS RUNNING ABOVE 5000 WITH PWATER
1.90 AND H5 TEMPERATURE -9.4C.
WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...INTERIOR AND EAST COAST WILL EXPERINCE
THE BRUNT OF THE ACTIVITY.
CURRENTLY POPS LOOK GOOD AND WILL MODIFY ZONES TO TAKE OUT MENTION
OF MORNING.
.MIA...NONE.
BLE
Lightning, Broward
- When
- June 2, 11:30 AM EST
- Where
- Broward County, Ft Lauderdale
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 7 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 26.152, -80.456 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A man was directly struck and killed by lightning while standing on Fort Lauderdale beach. Seven other people standing nearby were affected, one seriously. When the lightning struck, the thunderstorm was located over the mainland, several miles away. It was raining lightly and thunder could be heard.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado in Kentucky, June 2, 200110 injured · $17 million · F2 · 1 event
- Tornado in Tennessee, June 2, 2001$200,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Lightning Strikes in Florida, June 2 to 4, 20014 injured · 4 events
- Tornado in Ohio, June 2, 2001$50,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 2, 2001$25,000 · 1 in hail · 7 events
- Hail in Mississippi, June 2, 2001$20,000 · 1.75 in hail · 6 events
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 2, 2001$15,000 · 1 event
- Hail in Colorado, June 2 to 4, 20012.25 in hail · 6 events
- Hail in Michigan, June 2, 20011 in hail · 4 events
- Flooding in Missouri, June 2 to 12, 20013 events
- High Wind in Colorado, June 2, 200158 kt wind · 3 events
- Extreme Cold in Oregon, June 2 to 3, 20013 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: 5250990.