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 Oct 20, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 300 PM EDT SAT OCT 20 2001 CURRENTLY LOW/MID LAYER CLOUDS HAVE CLEARED OVER THE NRN TWO-THIRDS OF THE CWA LEAVING THE MOST CLOUDS OVER ALACHUA COUNTY. CIRRUS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUBTROPICAL JET HAVE MADE LITTLE PROGRESS NORTHWARD SINCE THE MORNING DISCUSSION. RECENTLY SENT AN UPDATE TO ZONES TO ADJUST THE SKY COVER. FORECAST...MODELS INDICATE INVERTED TROUGH AND DEEP LAYER MOISTURE WILL BEGIN PUSHING NORTHWARD REACHING SGJ TO GNV BY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. A LOW DEVELOPS ALONG THE TROUGH AXIS LATE MONDAY THEN TREKS NEWD INTO ATLANTIC. WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS FOR SOUTHERN AND COASTAL ZONES ON SUNDAY THEN INCREASING TO LIKELY FOR MARION... PUTNAM AND FLAGLER COUNTIES SUNDAY NIGHT. HIGHEST POPS ON MONDAY WILL REMAIN 60% OVER SOUTH TAPERING TO 50% REMAINING FLORIDA COUNTIES AND 30% INLAND GEORGIA. ALSO PRES GRADIENT INCREASES AND WILL MENTION BREEZY FOR DAYS 1 AND 2. EXTENDED...NEXT COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH ON THURSDAY AND SWEEP THROUGH THE CWA FRIDAY. NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL USHER IN SUNNY SKIES AND COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPS FOR THE WEEKEND. MARINE...SEAS AT THE BUOYS ARE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE DUE TO LOWER SWELLS. HOWEVER THE SEA LOVE II AT 15 NM E OF SGJ WAS REPORTING SWELLS OF 6-7 FT AND WIND WAVES 2-3 FT AND NE 18 KT WINDS. SINCE THESE REPORTED WINDS/SEAS WERE HIGHER THAN OBS AT THAT TIME...IT SEEMS PRUDENT TO CONTINUE HIGHLIGHTING SCEC. WILL MAKE ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO REMAINDER OF FCST. PRELIM AMG 58/82/62/80 0-23 SSI 65/78/67/77 0234 JAX 63/81/67/78 1335 GNV 64/82/67/80 -445 28 .JAX... .GA...NONE. .FL...NONE. TRABERT
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-202200- NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 125 PM EDT SAT OCT 20 2001 ...A GOOD CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES... RIP CURRENTS...OR RUN OUTS...WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA BEACHES DUE TO MODERATE NORTHEAST WINDS AND EASTERLY SWELLS. FOR SAFETY...SWIM ONLY AT GUARDED BEACHES AND HEED THE ADVICE OF THE LIFEGUARDS OR BEACH PATROL. OTHERWISE...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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
11 year old girl caught in rip current 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, St. Johns | 2001-10-20 | 11 | Female | 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, October 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: 5270417.