Florida, 2001

Damaging Wind in Florida, March 15, 2001

March 15, 2001 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$35,000
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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 14, 3:15 PM CST, 9 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 3:15 PM CST, 9 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
315 PM CST WED MAR 14 2001

18Z SFC MAP SHOWS WARM FRONT HAS MOVED N'WARD DURING THE LAST COUPLE
OF HOURS WITH DEWPTS CLIMBING INTO THE 60S NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MS
RVR.  FURTHER W SFC LOW WAS NOTED JUST N OF BRO AS THE WARM FRONT
EXTENDS E OVER THE N GULF. 12Z SOUNDINGS ACROSS THE REGION
INDICATED WETBULBS FROM 6 TO 8 K FT....INCREASING THE CHANCE FOR
SIGNIFICANT HAIL WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE
ONSET OF ELEVATED CONVECTION LATER THIS AFTERNOON. FOR LATER THIS
EVENING LITTLE CHANGE FROM EARLIER DISCUSSIONS AS DEVELOPING SFC LOW
MOVES OUT OF THE GULF INTO THE LOWER MS RVR VALLEY...AND DEVELOPING
LOW LEVEL JET AROUND 50 KTS TO THE E OF THE LOW...ENHANCING THE
VERTICAL SHEAR ACROSS MUCH OF THE N GULF COAST THROUGH AROUND 08Z.
LATEST MODEL SOLUTIONS BOTH ETA AND AVN SHOW CAPES FROM 500 TO 1000
J/KG MOVING INLAND ALONG THE AL AND NWFL FL FROM ABOUT 03 TO 06Z
TONIGHT WITH HELICITIES AROUND 600 M/S2. WITH THIS THE MAIN PROBLEM
WILL BE HOW FAR N WILL THE HIGHER CAPES MOVE INLAND OVER THE CWFA
LATER TONIGHT. BY 12Z MAIN SQUALL LINE WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE E OF
THE REGION FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER SFC LOW AND TRAILING COLD EXTENDING
TO THE GULF COAST...MOVING E ACROSS THE MID MS VAL BETWEEN 0Z AND
06Z FRI. WITH LACK OF DEEP MOISTURE AND GOOD MID LEVEL FORCING TO
THE S OF THE 2ND LOW EXPECT MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS NEAR THE COAST
WITH A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS OR TS POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF
THE CWFA. BY FRI EXPECT A DRY W TO NW FLOW NEAR THE SFC TO DEVELOP
WITH CLOUDS SLOWLY ERODING TO THE N AND E.

AFTER COORDINATION WITH JAN WILL GO AHEAD WITH FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR
WESTERN SECTIONS OF SW AL...EXCLUDING COUNTIES NEAR THE COAST...AND
NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SE MS.  MAIN REASON...ALL RIVERS IN SE MS STILL
IN FLOOD COMBINED WITH ONE HR FFG'S 2 INCHES OR LESS.

IN THE EXTENDED...SOUTHERN STREAM JET REMAINS ACROSS THE N AND
CENTRAL GULF GIVING WAY TO HIGH CLOUDS THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND.
BY TUE DEEPENING UPPER LOW OVER THE ROCKIES MOVES SE INTO TX AND THE
LOWER MS RVR VALLEY...GIVING WAY TO MORE SHOWERS AND TS MON AND
TUE...CLEARING OUT SLOWLY WED THROUGH THU.

OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...WIND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT AND GUSTY
LATER TONIGHT BECOMING SWLY AROUND 15 KTS DURING THE MORNING HOURS
THU. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT W TO NW THU NIGHT AND FRI...
BECOMING N THEN NE SAT THROUGH SUN.  SCA'S FOR TONIGHT.

PRELIM NUMBERS...
MOB EB 059/076 052/069 044 32+1-
PNS EB 064/074 053/067 045 32+1-
DTS EB 065/073 058/070 049 32+2-
GZH EB 057/072 050/068 040 32+1-
2R0 EB 052/071 047/066 037 32+2-
61A EB 056/072 049/067 038 32+2-

.MOB...
AL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ALZ630-650-670.
     FLASH FLOOD WATCH 039-051>053
FL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FLZ655-675.
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH 067-075>076.
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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Santa Rosa

When
March 15, 12:42 AM CST to 12:48 AM CST
Where
Santa Rosa County, Milton
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage
$35,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
30.633, -87.033

High winds from a thunderstorm blew several trees and power lines down near Milton. A roof was blown off a manufactured home in the area. Wind gusts of 58 mph were reported on Whiting Field at an observation site.

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.

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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: 5235818.