Damaging Wind in Florida, March 19, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in Florida, March 19, 2001
Start: 2001-03-19T17:30
End: 2001-03-19T17:30
Location: Florida

March 19, 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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Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5,000
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 Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 19, 3:10 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 3:10 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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 radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:31 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Broward

When: March 19, 5:30 PM EST
Where: Broward County, Davie
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates: 26.067, -80.233

Trees and power lines were blown down.

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

Every storm in Florida in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Florida, March 2001

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: 5233752.