Florida, 2001Damaging Wind in Florida, June 26, 2001
June 26, 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
- $3,000
- 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 26, 1:02 PM EST, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 1:02 PM EST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
202 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2001
CURRENTLY...VISIBLE SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS EAST COAST SEA BREEZE WELL
UNDERWAY AND ADVANCING WEST. THE WEST COAST BOUNDARY HAS NOT
DEVELOPED YET...BUT SHOULD BEGIN TO TAKE SHAPE IN THE NEXT HOUR OR
SO AS GOOD SURFACE CONTINUES. BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING EAST AND WEST COAST BOUNDARY COLLISIONS OVER MY WEST COASTAL
ZONES WILL RESULT IN FAIRLY HIGH AREAL COVERAGE OF STORMS...SO WILL
WORD FOR 50% EVENING POPS FROM FROM PASCO SOUTH...AND 30% FURTHER
NORTH WHERE SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR STILL RESIDES. AS STATED EARLIER THIS
MORNING RATHER COLD 50H TEMPS ALOFT (-11C) MAY LEAD TO SOME STRONG TO
SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY
THREAT.
TONIGHT...BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS SHOULD KEEP CONVECTION GOING INTO
THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AND MAY LINGER PAST SUNSET...BEFORE IT
FINALLY BEGINS TO WIND DOWN WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT. INCREASING DEW POINTS SHOULD LEAD TO HIGHER OVERNIGHT
MINS. GUIDANCE NUMBER ARE CLOSE SO WILL NOT DEVIATE MUCH FROM IT.
SHORT TERM...WELL FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT DAY MODELS CONTINUE TO BE
IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT WITH ONE ANOTHER WITH RESPECT TO OVERALL
SYNOPTIC SCALE FEATURES. CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER TN WILL CONTINUE TO
MEANDER WEST-NORTHWEST THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS THE ATLANTIC UPPER HIGH
ASSERTS ITSELF WEST OVER THE EASTERN SEA BOARD AND FL...WITH EAST TO
WEST SURFACE RIDGE AXIS TAKING UP RESIDENCE ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC
THROUGH THE END OF THE FORECAST CYCLE. DEEPENING EAST-SOUTHEASTERLY
WIND FLOW AROUND THE HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSPORT INCREASING
MOISTURE LEVELS (PWS APPROACHING 2 BY THURSDAY) INTO THE FA. THIS
MOISTURE ALONG WITH THE SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS WILL RESULT IN HIGH
POP REGIME FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FL THROUGH THE END
OF THE WORK WEEK. WITH THIS IN MIND PLAN TO WORD FOR SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS SHOWERS/TSTMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS
EACH DAY. FAN/MAV/FWC MAX/MIN TEMPERATURES ARE VERY CLOSE SO AGAIN A
BLEND WILL BE USED IN MOST LOCATIONS.
EXTENDED (FRI-TUES)...LATEST AVN/MRF CONTINUES WITH MOIST E-SELY FLOW
ACROSS THE FA WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS/TSTMS THROUGH SATURDAY. AFTER
THAT MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE DRIER AIR WORKING IT WAY INTO THE
FA FROM THE ATLANTIC AHEAD OF A WESTWARD MOVING TUTT...WHICH MAY LEAD
TO SOMEWHAT LOWER POP CHANCES. SEEING THAT THIS IS STILL WAY OUT...
PLAN TO KEEP CURRENT SCATTERED POP WORDING AS IS FOR THE SUNDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY TIME FRAME. LITTLE TEMPERATURE CHANGES EXPECTED.
MARINE...DEEP EAST-SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE
ENTIRE MARINE AREA THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD AS DEEP LAYERED
RIDGING SETS UP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC. WIND AND SEAS SHOULD REMAIN
BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA WITH NO HIGHLIGHTS EXPECTED...HOWEVER WIND
AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR NUMEROUS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS EACH
DAY. INCREASE IN EASTERLY GRADIENT WILL LIKELY KEEP THE WEST COAST
SEA BREEZE PINNED TO THE COAST FROM WEDNESDAY ON WHERE BEST
CONCENTRATION OF CONVECTION WILL RESIDE.
FIRE WEATHER...INCREASING MOIST EAST-SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL
KEEP RH VALUES ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS THE NEXT FEW DAYS WHICH WILL
PRECLUDE THE NEED FOR ANY WATCHES OR RED FLAGS THROUGH THURSDAY.
PRELIMINARY NUMBERS
TPA TT 073/091 074/091 4646
FMY TT 072/092 073/092 5656
.TBW...NONE.
MCMICHAEL
Thunderstorm Wind, De Soto
- When
- June 26, 4:30 PM EST to 4:40 PM EST
- Where
- De Soto County, Brownville
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 27.300, -81.850
A Peace Electric Co-op representative reported that a few large trees and branches were toppled by thunderstorm winds across power lines along Oltmanns Road near U.S. Highway 17 in Brownville.
- 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: 5255077.