Florida, 2001

Damaging 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.

Where it happened

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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 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.

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1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

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.

What these are

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.

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: 5251087.