1 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 20, 2:45 PM EST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 245 PM EST TUE NOV 20 2001 CURRENTLY...COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL GA AND INTO FL PANHANDLE AS SEEN VIA VISIBLE IMAGERY. ONLY ISOL-WDLY SCT LIGHT SHOWER IS POPPING UP ALONG PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH OVER THE SE GA AREA AHEAD OF FRONT. (LOOKING AT KVAX 88D AS KJAX 88D UNDER MAINTENANCE BRIEFLY THIS AFTN.) TEMPS CLIMBED WELL INTO THE 70S OVER MOST AREAS IN ADVANCE OF FRONT. FORECAST IN SHORT TERM...MODELS SHOW MID-UPPER TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE FA THEN SHEARING OUT ON WED AS MOST ENERGY LIFTS NWD. IN ADDITION... SHORTWAVE ENERGY OVER THE SW U.S. AND MEXICO AREA GETS SHUNTED EWD ALLOWING 5H FLOW TO WEAKEN AND BACK TO W-SW BY 36 HRS. AS A RESULT...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PROBABLY STALL NEAR THE N CENTRAL FL REGION LATE WED THUS PREVENTING SKIES TO TOTALLY CLEAR OUT. BELEIVE WE COULD EASILY SEE PT CLOUDY SKIES OVER COASTAL AREAS ON WED AS SUGGESTED BY ETA. MESO-ETA IS ODD MODEL OUT PRODUCING A STRONGER SFC FRONTAL WAVE JUST E OF THE OFFSHORE WATERS ON WED EVENING AND THINK ITS A LITTLE OVERDONE SO WILL BLEND WITH WEAKER AVN. IN ANY CASE...WILL LIKELY SEE CLOUDS ON THE INCREASE ON EARLY THANKSGIVING DAY AS DEVELOPING MID-UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. BEGINS PRODUCING ISENTROPIC LIFT/OVERRUNNING CLOUDS INTO SE GA AND ALL OF NE FL. BELIEVE THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE TO WORK WITH AND WEAK CONVERGENCE FOR SOME ISOL SHOWERS OVER THE SRN TIER OF COUNTIES THU AND THU NIGHT. FOR FRI...WHATS LEFT OF THE WEAK FRONT WILL BE MOVING N OF CWA WITH RESIDUAL MOISTURE MOSTLY OVER THE NW ZONES AND FOR NOW WILL GO WITH 20-30 PERCENT ALL OF FA. GUIDANCE TEMPS IN REASONABLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH JUST A FEW ADJUSTMENTS. MARINE...SFC FLOW MAINLY WNW 10-15 KT OVER THE WATERS. NOTED WAVE WATCH III GUIDANCE WAS RUNNING 1-1.5 FT TOO HIGH OFF NE FL. PLAN JUST A FEW CHANGES TO CURRENT FORECAST TO BRING WINDS UP TONIGHT A LITTLE SLOWER. HIGHER WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE NRN WATERS WED. NO HIGHLIGHTS ATTM. EXTDD...SHORTWAVE OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NE THROUGH SAT WHILE TRAILING BAND OF RELATIVELY DEEP LAYER MOISTURE CONTINUES OVER THE SE STATES. HIGH PRES SHOULD BE WELL OFFSHORE OF U.S. COAST BY THEN RESULTING IN TEMPS AT LEAST NEAR CLIMO. LOOKS LIKE GRADUAL DRYING TRENDS SUN THROUGH TUE AND FOR NOW NOT PLANNING ON SIG CHANGES AS MODELS ARE SEEMING MORE INCONSISTENT IN THE EXTDD PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. COORD WITH TBW. PRELIM... AMG 42/66/41/70 100- SSI 49/64/49/68 10-1 JAX 49/68/48/72 1--1 GNV 50/70/50/73 1102 02 .JAX... .GA...NONE. .FL...NONE. ARS
NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1128 AM EST TUE NOV 20 2001 FLZ020>023-030-031-035-036-040-GAZ132>136-149>152-162>164-202200- ALACHUA-APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY-CHARLTON- CLINCH-COFFEE-COLUMBIA-ECHOLS-GILCHRIST-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION- PIERCE-SUWANNEE-UNION-WARE-WAYNE- 1128 AM EST TUE NOV 20 2001 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. FLZ024-025-032-033-037-038-GAZ153-154-165-166-202200- CAMDEN (COASTAL)-CAMDEN (INLAND)-CLAY-DUVAL-FLAGLER-GLYNN (COASTAL)- GLYNN (INLAND)-NASSAU-PUTNAM-ST JOHNS- 1128 AM EST TUE NOV 20 2001 ...GOOD CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES... MODERATE NORTHEAST SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE A GOOD CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON. FOR SAFETY...SWIM ONLY AT GUARDED BEACHES AND HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION... VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. JOHNSON
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
20 year old male visiting form Ohio caught in Rip Current and drowned.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, Duval | 2001-11-20 | 20 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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, November 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: 5276032.