Florida, 2001

Lightning Strike in Florida, June 25, 2001

June 25, 2001 · NWS MFL · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
1
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 25, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
230 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2001

SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON WILL
MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT...HOPEFULLY PUTTING AN END TO THE SEVERE
WEATHER OF THE PAST THREE DAYS.

SURFACE RIDGE GRADUALLY REBUILDS ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA ON TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY SHIFTING THE AFTERNOON CONVECTION FROM THE SOUTHEAST
FLORIDA TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

EXTENDED...
TROPICAL WAVE NEAR 65W WILL MOVE WEST NORTHWEST WITH AXIS REACHING
SOUTH FLORIDA LATE WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY.  MOST CONCENTRATED
SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH THE WAVE WILL MOST LIKELY BE NEAR
ITS AXIS...THUS EVEN THOUGH DEEP LAYER MOISTURE PERSISTS ACROSS
SOUTH FLORIDA BEHIND THE WAVE THROUGH SATURDAY...POPS WILL BE
GREATEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE FIRST EPISODE OF SAHARAN
DUST THIS SEASON WILL FOLLOW THE PASSAGE OF THE WAVE.

MARINE...
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY PICK UP FROM THE EAST OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS AS
RIDGE REFORMS TO THE NORTH. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHEAST AHEAD OF
APPROACHING TROPICAL WAVE AND BECOME SQUALLY UNTIL AFTER ITS PASSAGE
WHEN THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST.

MIA BB 075/089 078/089 079 4433
PBI BB 073/089 076/089 077 4433

.MIA...NONE.

LUSHINE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 1:19 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI, FL
219 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0207 PM    NORTH LAUDERDALE          FL   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/25/01   BROWARD                        AT THE INTERSECTION OF
                                          ROCK ISLAND ROAD AND BAILEY
                                          ROAD REPORTED BY SPOTTER

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:00 UTC.

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Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Broward

When
June 25, 3:00 PM EST
Where
Broward County, Davie
Injuries
1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
26.152, -80.456 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A man exiting his work truck was injured by lightning which struck a nearby tree. He reported numbness but recovered at a hosiptal.

What these are

Lightning
A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

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: 5251084.