1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Mar 19, 3:10 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 310 PM EST MON MAR 19 2001 WARM FRONT STILL DRAPED ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA AT THIS TIME HELPING TO FOCUS SEVERE WEATHER. VERY HIGH HELICITY VALUES ALONG THE FRONT SUSTAINING ISOLATED SUPERCELLS. MODELS IN BETTER AGREEMENT TODAY AND ALSO MORE BELIEVABLE AS TO PLACEMENT AND MOVEMENT OF THIS FEATURE OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY. SHOULD SEE BOUNDARY MOVE NORTH OF OUR COUNTY WARNING AREA LATE TONIGHT. THREAT OF ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE WITH STRONG SHEAR IN DEEP CONVECTION OVERNIGHT. MODEL TIMING OF COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS RUNS IN BRINGING FRONT ACROSS SOUTHEAST COAST BY 00Z WEDNESDAY. AGREE WITH GUIDANCE ON KEEPING CATEGORICAL PRECIP CHANCES NORTH OF WARM FRONT TONIGHT...BUT WILL PARE BACK TO LIKELY SOUTH. WILL KEEP GOOD CHANCES IN FOR TUESDAY AS INSTABILITY/MOISTURE WILL REMAIN ELEVATED AND INFLUENCE OF JET DYNAMICS WILL INCREASE. GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES LOOK OKAY AND WILL GENERALLY TWEAK UP A BIT IN LATER PERIODS. AFTER COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...LOOKS LIKE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. AM NOT SURE TO BELIEVE MRFS ODD-LOOKING COLD FRONT SWEEPING ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA MONDAY SO WILL HOLD OFF FOR NOW. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE POSTED FOR ALL MARINE ZONES TONIGHT EXCEPT A SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE. WILL SEE WINDS PICK UP TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS BEHIND FRONT TUESDAY AND CONTINUE STRONG AS THEY GRADUALLY VEER THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL SEE WINDS QUICKLY DIMINISH AND BECOME LIGHT EAST BY SATURDAY. NO HIGHLIGHTS FOR FIRE WEATHER...HOWEVER WILL HAVE TO WATCH WEDNESDAY. MIA TN 070/078 058/074 058 24752 PBI TN 069/078 055/073 055 24+52 .MIA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR SOUTH FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:31 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
An unknown person was struck and injured by lightning.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, March 2001
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: 5233750.