Florida, 2001Damaging Wind in Florida, June 26, 2001
June 26, 2001 · NWS MFL · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- 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 26, 1:15 PM EST, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 1:15 PM EST, 5 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
215 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2001
AS EARLIER PROGGED...SURFACE RIDGE HAS SHIFTED TO CENTRAL FLORIDA
AND MODELS SHOW IT BECOMING STATIONARY FROM ATLANTIC ACROSS SOUTHERN
GEORGIA FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR MORE. THIS PUTS SOUTH FLORIDA DEEP INTO
THE TROPICAL AIR MASS. DEEP LAYER MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO BE
70 PERCENT OR GREATER ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA AS IT CIRCULATES INTO
MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW WHICH CONTINUES TO SLOWLY RETROGRADE OVER
TENNESSEE VALLEY. LEADING EDGE OF TROPICAL WAVE IS NEAR 72W AND
MOVING WEST NORTHWEST AT 15 KNOTS. THIS WOULD BRING THE WAVE
THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FROM THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT SO WILL RAISE POPS TO 50 PERCENT
TONIGHT AND 60 PERCENT WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE DROPPING
BACK TO NEAR CLIMO VALUES FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. WITH
MOISTURE THIS HIGH...ACTIVITY COULD BE AT ANY TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THEN BECOMING A MORE TYPICAL NIGHT AND MORNING
REGIME OVER SOUTHEAST PENINSULA AND AFTERNOON/EVENING REGIME OVER
SOUTHWEST PENINSULA.
TROPICAL WAVE WILL BRING GUSTIER WINDS...HIGHER DEW POINTS...AND
HAZY SKIES WITH THE SAHARAN DUST.
EXTENDED...
ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE NEAR 52W IS PROGRESSING WEST AT 15 KNOTS WHICH
WOULD BRING IT NEAR SOUTH FLORIDA BY SUNDAY. POPS WILL REMAIN IN THE
CHANCE CATEGORY
MARINE...
GENERALLY EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS DURING THE NEXT WEEK.
MIA TB 077/087 080/089 078 5664
PBI TB 076/087 078/089 077 5664
.MIA...NONE.
LUSHINE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:45 PM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
FLZ063-066>075-271000-
SOUTH FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
345 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2001
...TROPICAL WAVE HEADING TOWARD SOUTH FLORIDA...
A TROPICAL WAVE THAT MOVED OFF THE AFRICAN COAST ON JUNE 19 WILL
MOVE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.
THE WAVE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY SQUALLY WEATHER WITH GUSTY WINDS OF
25 MPH AND FREQUENT FAST MOVING SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS.
FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE WAVE...HUMIDITIES WILL BECOME EVEN MORE
MUGGY THAN USUAL AND SKIES WILL BECOME HAZY...DUE TO DUST FROM THE
SAHARA DESERT THAT HAS BEEN CARRIED ALOFT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
THE DUST POSES NO HEALTH HAZARD...BUT MAY LEAVE A BROWN OR RED FILM
ON EXPOSED SURFACES.
THE TROPICAL WAVE GETS ITS NAME FROM THE FACT THAT IT IS WAVE OF LOW
PRESSURE IDENTIFIABLE ON WEATHER MAPS. THE TROPICAL WAVE IS THE
SEEDLING FROM WHICH TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES CAN FORM. ON THE
AVERAGE THERE ARE 62 TROPICAL WAVES THAT FORM BETWEEN MAY 1 AND
NOVEMBER 30 AND ABOUT 6 OF THESE WAVES DEVELOP INTO TROPICAL
CYCLONES. THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER SEES NO SIGN OF TROPICAL
DEVELOPMENT WITH THIS WAVE.
ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE MAY AFFECT SOUTH FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MIAMI WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MIA.
Local storm report, Jun 26, 4:02 PM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
502 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2001
THUNDERSTORM WINDS ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH UPROOTED TREES,
BLEW LARGE BRANCHES OFF TREES, AND BLEW THE WINDOW OUT OF
THE 5TH FLOOR OF A CONDOMINIUM.
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0320 PM VANDERBILT BEACH FL 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/01 COLLIER REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGER.Thunderstorm Wind, Miami-Dade
- When
- June 26, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Miami-Dade County, Miami
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 25.609, -80.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A large dangling tree limb was blown onto the head of a 46-year old female jogger near the Doral Estates causing serious injury.
- 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.
- Heat in Pennsylvania, June 26 to 30, 20012 deaths · 5 events
- Heavy Rain in Washington, June 26 to 27, 2001$21 million · 4 events
- Wildfire in Alaska, June 26 to 29, 2001$800,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 26, 2001$70,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 26, 2001$50,000 · 80 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 26, 2001$50,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event
- Tornado in Wyoming, June 26, 2001F1 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, June 26, 20012 in hail · 23 events
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 26, 2001$27,000 · 1 event
- Hail in Texas, June 26, 2001$25,000 · 0.88 in hail · 2 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, June 26, 200165 kt wind · 21 events
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 26, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
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: 5251087.